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1 online resource (xviii, 421 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 409) and index. |
| Summary |
How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army Flying School and served as a pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Charles W. Dryden has prepared an honest, fast-paced, balanced, vividly written, and very personal account of what it was like to be a black soldier, and specifically a pilot, during World War II and the Korean War. Colonel Dryden's book commands our attention because it is a balanced account by an insightful man who enlisted in a segregated army and retired from an integrated air force. Dryden's account is poignant in illuminating the hurt inflicted by racism on even the most successful black people. As a member of that elite group of those young pilots who fought for their country overseas while being denied civil liberties at home, Dryden presents an eloquent memoir of the experiences he has shared and the changes he has witnessed. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
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Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter) |
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United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.
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United States. Army Air Forces. |
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Biographies.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Personal narratives -- American.
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African American air pilots -- Biography.
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African American air pilots. |
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Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
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1939 - 1945 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter). A-train. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1997 0817308563 (DLC) 96024118 (OCoLC)34967840 |
| ISBN |
0585207836 (electronic book) |
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9780585207834 (electronic book) |
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0817308563 (alkaline paper) |
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9780817308568 (alkaline paper) |
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