| The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown Contributor(s): Taylor, Theodore (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591148529 ISBN-13: 9781591148524 Publisher: US Naval Institute Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: A stirring biography of America's first black Naval aviator, by a master storyteller and bestselling, award-winning author. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006027778 |
| Series: Bluejacket Books |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.99" W x 8.88" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews with those who knew Brown, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Theodore: - Theodore Taylor was born in North Carolina and began writing at the age of thirteen as a cub reporter for the Portsmouth, Virginia Evening Star. Leaving home at seventeen to join the Washington Daily News as a copy boy, he worked his way toward New York City and became an NBC network sportswriter at the age of nineteen. Mr. Taylor is the author of a dozen books for young readers, among them the award-winning The Cay. He lives in Laguna Beach, California, with his wife, Flora. |