Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport -- Turning point : Tuskegee Institute and going north -- Breaking racial barriers -- Aviation comes to Tuskegee Institute for the first time and transforming Chicago into a center for black aviation -- Commanding Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force -- Fascist invasion of Ethiopia -- The gods of war turn against Ethiopia -- Returning war hero -- Aviation visions burn brightly -- The winds of World War -- Epilogue. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
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Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954. |
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Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954. |
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African American air pilots -- Biography.
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African American air pilots. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
African American fighter pilots -- Biography.
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African American fighter pilots. |
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Aerial operations, Ethiopian.
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Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936) |
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Participation, American.
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Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
John C. Robinson |
Other Form: |
Print version: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2011 9781597974875 (DLC) 2011041711 (OCoLC)752678328 |
ISBN |
9781597976060 (electronic book) |
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1597976067 (electronic book) |
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9781597974875 |
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1597974870 |
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