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Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson Phillip Thomas Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Participation, American.
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936.
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Aerial operations, Ethiopian.
- African American fighter pilots--Biography.
- African American fighter pilots.
- African American air pilots--Biography.
- African American air pilots.
- Robinson, John Charles, 1903-1954.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A thrilling biography of one of the most famous African American pilots of all time
- Contents:
- A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport
- Turning point: Tuskegee Institute and going north
- Breaking down more racial barriers
- Twin dreams: Tuskegee and Ethiopia
- Commanding Emperor Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force
- Fascist invasion of Ethiopia
- The gods of war turn against Ethiopia
- Returning a war hero
- Aviation visions burn brightly
- The winds of World War
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references( p. 309-320) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59797-606-7
- OCLC:
- 781742496
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