A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Title
:
A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Author
:
Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
ISBN
:
9780817312664
Publication Information
:
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1997.
Physical Description
:
xviii, 421 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Reading Level
:
1200 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
Corporate Subject
:
United States. Air Force -- African Americans -- History.
United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.
Subject Term
:
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- History.
Air pilots, Military -- Alabama -- Tuskegee -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography, American.
African American air pilots -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
Summary
:
A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army Flying School and served as a pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Charles W. Dryden has prepared an honest, fast-paced, balanced, vividly written, and very personal account of what it was like to be a black soldier, and specifically a pilot, during World War II and the Korean War. Colonel Dryden's book commands our attention because it is a balanced account by an insightful man who enlisted in a segregated army and retired from an integrated air force. Dryden's account is poignant in illuminating the hurt inflicted by racism on even the most successful black people. As a member of that elite group of those young pilots who fought for their country overseas while being denied civil liberties at home, Dryden presents an eloquent memoir of the experiences he has shared and the changes he has witnessed.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 940.544973 DRY | Nonfiction Collection |