The man called Brown Condor : the forgotten history of an African American fighter pilot /
The forgotten true story of American war hero John Charles Robinson, a.k.a. The Brown Condor of Ethiopia, and the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps during the brutal Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935. Simmons brings to life Robinson's success in becoming a pilot, his expertise in building...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Pub.,
[2013]
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| Summary: | The forgotten true story of American war hero John Charles Robinson, a.k.a. The Brown Condor of Ethiopia, and the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps during the brutal Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935. Simmons brings to life Robinson's success in becoming a pilot, his expertise in building and assembling his own working aircraft, his influence on the establishment of a school of aviation at Tuskegee Institute. More than a biography of a black pilot who became a US hero, this book provides insight on racial conditions in the first half of the twentieth century and illustrates the political intrigue within a League of Nations afraid to face the rise of Fascism. |
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| Item Description: | "A Herman Graf book." |
| Physical Description: | viii, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-293). |
| ISBN: | 9781620872178 : 162087217X |