The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Theodore TaylorSeries:Bluejacket BooksPublish date:2007-03-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591148524ISBN-10:1591148529UPC:9781591148524Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, MilitaryBook Topic:African American & Black, Aviation & SpaceSize:8.88 x 5.99 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD88TKNFX
The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
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...
Series: Bluejacket Books
Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591148524ISBN-10:1591148529UPC:9781591148524Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, MilitaryBook Topic:African American & Black, Aviation & SpaceSize:8.88 x 5.99 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD88TKNFX
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...
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
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