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the forgotten history of an African American fighter pilot
viii, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm.
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.
Africa, 1954 -- Mississippi, 1910 -- Northbound -- Taste the wind -- Chicago, 1927 -- But will it fly? -- A twenty-dollar bet -- Hummingbird -- Tall tree, short cotton -- A world away -- Lonely voyage -- Marseilles -- Train from Djibouti -- Addis Ababa, 1935 -- Rocks in the clouds -- Audience with the Emperor -- Gathered at the river, 1935 -- Dogs and rabbits -- A lonely war -- Sportsmen and warriors -- Stranger to peace -- Reluctant hero -- Toward home -- Gulfport, 1936 -- Hard choices -- Once more to Africa.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-293).