You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781481449380
- ISBN: 1481449389
- ISBN: 9781481449397
- ISBN: 1481449397
- Physical Description: 80 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | Poems. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78). Includes filmograpgy (pages 79-80). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Machine generated contents note: Head to the Sky -- The Civilian Pilot Training Program -- Train Ride to the Clouds -- A Shot -- The First Cadets -- Officers -- The Odds -- Keep 'Em Flying: Tuskegee Army Airfield Nurses -- Ground School -- Solo, At Last -- Sugar, Sugar -- The Other War -- Downtime -- Training Planes -- Pearl Harbor -- Dorie Miller Earns the Navy Cross -- Private Joe Louis -- Fighting Boredom -- Second Lieutenant -- William Henry Hastie -- The Double V Campaign: Pens Mighty as Swords -- Anxious -- Fight Song -- Facing the Enemy -- Operation Prove Them Wrong -- Routines -- Lena Home: More than a Pin-Up -- Red Tail Angels -- The Black Birdmen -- Your Record -- No Hero's Welcome -- A Long Line. |
Target Audience Note: | 910L Lexile Middle School. Grades 4-6. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader LG 6.0 1 1 183113 |
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Genre: | History. Juvenile works. Poetry. Poetry. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lawrence County Federated Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at New Castle Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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New Castle Public Library | JNF 811.6 Weatherford (Text)
Memorial:
In Memory of Dr. Lawrence A. Fazioli, given by Judy Carr Lowry and Allen D. Lowry.
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31902005393616 | NWCM Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |