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Soaring to Glory : A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II by Philip Handleman (2021, Trade Paperback)
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—Colonel Charles E. McGee, USAF (ret.). Soaring to Glory by Philip Handleman, Harry T. Stewart, Jr. Title Soaring to Glory. —Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRegnery Publishing
ISBN-101684511917
ISBN-139781684511914
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050397016
Product Key Features
Book TitleSoaring to Glory : a Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Aviation, World
Publication Year2021
GenreHistory
AuthorPhilip Handleman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.54/4973092
Synopsis"This book is a masterpiece. It captures the essence of the Tuskegee Airmen's experience from the perspective of one who lived it. The action sequences make me feel I'm back in the cockpit of my P-51C 'Kitten'! If you want to know what it was like fighting German interceptors in European skies while winning equal opportunity at home, be sure to read this book!" -- Colonel Charles E. McGee , USAF (ret.) former president, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. "All Americans owe Harry Stewart Jr. and his fellow airmen a huge debt for defending our country during World War II. In addition, they have inspired generations of African American youth to follow their dreams." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. , Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at five thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him: He had become an American hero. This is the remarkable true story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen pilots who experienced air combat during World War II. Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handleman recreates the harrowing action and heart-pounding drama of Stewart's combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stewart downed three enemy fighters. Soaring to Glory also reveals the cruel injustices Stewart and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen faced during their wartime service and upon return home after the war. Stewart's heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in postwar America--but now, his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten., "This book is a masterpiece. It captures the essence of the Tuskegee Airmen's experience from the perspective of one who lived it. The action sequences make me feel I'm back in the cockpit of my P-51C 'Kitten' If you want to know what it was like fighting German interceptors in European skies while winning equal opportunity at home, be sure to read this book " -- Colonel Charles E. McGee , USAF (ret.) former president, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. "All Americans owe Harry Stewart Jr. and his fellow airmen a huge debt for defending our country during World War II. In addition, they have inspired generations of African American youth to follow their dreams." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. , Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at five thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him: He had become an American hero. This is the remarkable true story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen pilots who experienced air combat during World War II. Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handleman recreates the harrowing action and heart-pounding drama of Stewart's combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stewart downed three enemy fighters. Soaring to Glory also reveals the cruel injustices Stewart and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen faced during their wartime service and upon return home after the war. Stewart's heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in postwar America--but now, his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten.
LC Classification NumberD790.252
As told toStewart, Harry T., Jr.
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- 08 Nov, 2023
A story needed to be told.
I could not find this book on the Intra Library Loan System but I found it on eBay.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
