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Commander LeRoy T. Taylor, U.S. Navy
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The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
Author: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504077156
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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This biography of America’s first African American naval aviator is a “compelling portrait of a quiet hero [and] the racial climate between 1926 and 1959” (Booklist). “In the late 1940s, when every aspiring black pilot had heard of the army’s Tuskegee program, Jesse Leroy Brown set his sights on becoming a navy aviator. An outstanding student and top athlete, the 17-year-old’s ambition was met with a combination of incredulity and resistance. Yet, at a time when Jim Crow laws were rampant, Brown managed to break the color barrier to become the first black U.S. Navy pilot. Taylor puts his considerable narrative skills to good use in tracing Brown’s path from his youth in poverty-stricken Palmer’s Crossing, Miss., to his eventual induction into the heady and dangerous world of carrier aviation. Taylor based much of his research on interviews with those who knew Brown and on personal letters from more than a half-century ago [and] doesn't skimp on the indignities Brown suffered. . . . An engaging and intimate glimpse of a young pioneer who desperately wanted to earn his aviator’s wings.” —Publishers Weekly “More than a biography, this is a thrilling story of naval aviation and combat.” —School Library Journal
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504077156
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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This biography of America’s first African American naval aviator is a “compelling portrait of a quiet hero [and] the racial climate between 1926 and 1959” (Booklist). “In the late 1940s, when every aspiring black pilot had heard of the army’s Tuskegee program, Jesse Leroy Brown set his sights on becoming a navy aviator. An outstanding student and top athlete, the 17-year-old’s ambition was met with a combination of incredulity and resistance. Yet, at a time when Jim Crow laws were rampant, Brown managed to break the color barrier to become the first black U.S. Navy pilot. Taylor puts his considerable narrative skills to good use in tracing Brown’s path from his youth in poverty-stricken Palmer’s Crossing, Miss., to his eventual induction into the heady and dangerous world of carrier aviation. Taylor based much of his research on interviews with those who knew Brown and on personal letters from more than a half-century ago [and] doesn't skimp on the indignities Brown suffered. . . . An engaging and intimate glimpse of a young pioneer who desperately wanted to earn his aviator’s wings.” —Publishers Weekly “More than a biography, this is a thrilling story of naval aviation and combat.” —School Library Journal
Commander William E. Taylor, U.S. Navy
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Pages : 2
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At Close Quarters
Author: Robert Johns Bulkley
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Current Biography
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Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Pages : 916
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Lieutenant Commander Edward A. Taylor, U.S. Navy
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Pages : 4
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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
Author: United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
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Pages : 568
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Pages : 568
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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
Author: United States. Navy
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Pages : 568
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Pages : 568
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The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
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Pages : 484
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Pages : 484
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Commander Robert Hudson Taylor, U.S. Navy
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Pages : 6
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