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Black Eagle: General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
James R. McGovern
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Description for Black Eagle: General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
Paperback. This text tells the success story of General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, a much-decorated fighter pilot who overcame poverty and racism to become America's first African-American four-star general. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Born in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of seventeen children in a relatively poor family, ""Chappie"" James (1920-1978) rose to attain the rank of four-star general - the highest rank of the peacetime American military. His parents had early on imbued him with personal and national pride and a singular drive that motivated him his whole life. At Tuskegee Institute, James enrolled in the Army Air Corps unit formed to train black pilots. After combat service in World War II, James became the leader of a fighter group in the Korean War, during which he developed innovative tactics for providing close ... Read more
Born in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of seventeen children in a relatively poor family, ""Chappie"" James (1920-1978) rose to attain the rank of four-star general - the highest rank of the peacetime American military. His parents had early on imbued him with personal and national pride and a singular drive that motivated him his whole life. At Tuskegee Institute, James enrolled in the Army Air Corps unit formed to train black pilots. After combat service in World War II, James became the leader of a fighter group in the Korean War, during which he developed innovative tactics for providing close ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817313074
SKU
V9780817313074
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About James R. McGovern
James R. McGovern is Professor and Chairman of the Department of History at the University of West Florida in Pensacola and author of Anatomy of a Lynching: The Killing of Claude Neal.
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