A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
Autor Peter Nelsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mai 2009
The
night
broke
open
in
a
storm
of
explosions
and
fire.
The
sound
of
shells
whizzing
overhead,
screeching
through
the
night
like
wounded
pheasants,
was
terrifying.
When
the
shells
exploded
prematurely
overhead,
a
rain
of
shrapnel
fell
on
the
men
below—better
than
when
the
shells
exploded
in
the
trenches...In
A
More
Unbending
Battle,
journalist
and
author
Pete
Nelson
chronicles
the
little-known
story
of
the
369th
Infantry
Regiment—the
first
African-American
regiment
mustered
to
fight
in
WWI.
Recruited
from
all
walks
of
Harlem
life,
the
regiment
had
to
fight
alongside
the
French
because
America's
segregation
policy
prohibited
them
from
fighting
with
white
U.S.
soldiers.
Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful—and infamous—regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics,A More Unbending Battleis the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters.
Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful—and infamous—regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics,A More Unbending Battleis the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465003174
ISBN-10: 0465003176
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Civitas Books
ISBN-10: 0465003176
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Civitas Books
Notă biografică
Pete
Nelson's
writing
has
been
published
in
numerous
publications,
includingHarper's,Esquire,Men's
Health,Outside,
andRolling
Stone.
He
is
an
award-winning
author
of
seventeen
books,
the
most
recent
beingLeft
for
Dead.
He
lives
in
South
Salem,
New
York.
Recenzii
New
York
Times
“In rich detail, Mr. Nelson recalls how the regiment fought valiantly at the front (and through its marching band helped introduce jazz to Europe.) Some of the most moving passages, though, are about what happened before and after.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Nelson seamlessly interweaves the military narrative with vivid firsthand accounts…[He] offers a nuanced, in-depth portrait of this group of ordinary men who fought with inspiring courage and dignity. A valuable addition to World War I and civil-rights scholarship on a subject too frequently overlooked.”
Marilyn Nelson, Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, and three-time National Book Award honoree, Connecticut Poet Laureate, and author ofCarver: A Life in PoemsandA Wreath for Emmett Till
“Having watched the Tuskegee Airmen receive their due respect some sixty years after they served, I commend Peter Nelson'sA More Unbending Battlefor the respect it gives to an earlier and equally deserving group of American patriots. This book, long overdue, makes an invaluable contribution to American and African-American military history.”
“In rich detail, Mr. Nelson recalls how the regiment fought valiantly at the front (and through its marching band helped introduce jazz to Europe.) Some of the most moving passages, though, are about what happened before and after.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Nelson seamlessly interweaves the military narrative with vivid firsthand accounts…[He] offers a nuanced, in-depth portrait of this group of ordinary men who fought with inspiring courage and dignity. A valuable addition to World War I and civil-rights scholarship on a subject too frequently overlooked.”
Marilyn Nelson, Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Award, and three-time National Book Award honoree, Connecticut Poet Laureate, and author ofCarver: A Life in PoemsandA Wreath for Emmett Till
“Having watched the Tuskegee Airmen receive their due respect some sixty years after they served, I commend Peter Nelson'sA More Unbending Battlefor the respect it gives to an earlier and equally deserving group of American patriots. This book, long overdue, makes an invaluable contribution to American and African-American military history.”