FirstCity
Welcome to First City University College Library iPortal | library@firstcity.edu.my | +603-7735 2088 (Ext. 519)
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman / Charles W. Dryden ; with a foreword by Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 421 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585207836
  • 9780585207834
  • 9780817387068
  • 0817387064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A-train.DDC classification:
  • 940.54/4973 20
LOC classification:
  • D790 .D78 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Part I: Before Desegregation; Chapter 1. Dismissed! (July 1944); Chapter 2. Why? (July 1944); Chapter 3. The Fledgling (1920-1941); Chapter 4. Off to Tuskegee (August 1941); Chapter 5. Aviation Cadets (August 1941-April 1942); Chapter 6. Nest of Black Eagles (April 1942-April 1943); Chapter 7. Fighting 99th: Over There! (April 1943-September 1943); Chapter 8. Arrivederci, Sicily! (September 1943-1944); Chapter 9. ""You''re Not Ready!"" (1944-July 1945); Chapter 10. Fighting 99th: Over Here! (July 1945-February 1946).
Chapter 11. Camelot! (February 1946-June 1949) Part II: After Desegregation; Chapter 12. Lonely Eagles (June 1949-July 1950); Chapter 13. Over There-Again! (July 1950-February 1953); Chapter 14. Sayonara! (February 1952-September 1957); Chapter 15. Guten Tag, West Germany (September 1957-May 1959); Chapter 16. Auf Wiedersehen! (May 1959-January 1962); Chapter 17. Twilight of a Lonely Eagle (January 1962-August 1962); 18. Contrails (Timeless); Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Action note:
  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? 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.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (page 409) and index.

How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? 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.

Print version record.

Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. MiAaHDL

http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL

Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Part I: Before Desegregation; Chapter 1. Dismissed! (July 1944); Chapter 2. Why? (July 1944); Chapter 3. The Fledgling (1920-1941); Chapter 4. Off to Tuskegee (August 1941); Chapter 5. Aviation Cadets (August 1941-April 1942); Chapter 6. Nest of Black Eagles (April 1942-April 1943); Chapter 7. Fighting 99th: Over There! (April 1943-September 1943); Chapter 8. Arrivederci, Sicily! (September 1943-1944); Chapter 9. ""You''re Not Ready!"" (1944-July 1945); Chapter 10. Fighting 99th: Over Here! (July 1945-February 1946).

Chapter 11. Camelot! (February 1946-June 1949) Part II: After Desegregation; Chapter 12. Lonely Eagles (June 1949-July 1950); Chapter 13. Over There-Again! (July 1950-February 1953); Chapter 14. Sayonara! (February 1952-September 1957); Chapter 15. Guten Tag, West Germany (September 1957-May 1959); Chapter 16. Auf Wiedersehen! (May 1959-January 1962); Chapter 17. Twilight of a Lonely Eagle (January 1962-August 1962); 18. Contrails (Timeless); Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide