{"product_id":"a-more-unbending-battle-peter-nelson-9780465003174","title":"A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home","description":"The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below -- better than when the shells exploded in the trenches . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment -- the first African-American regiment mustered to fight in WWI. Recruited from all walks of Harlem life, the regiment had to fight alongside the French because America's segregation policy prohibited them from fighting with white U.S. soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful -- and infamous -- regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics, \u003ci\u003eA More Unbending Battle\u003c\/i\u003e is the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465003176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465003174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Civitas Book Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2009 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/2009 pg. 19","brand":"Peter Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988157923583,"sku":"9780465003174","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00cd09c7-3b74-4784-b403-9eea75cac4b0.jpg?v=1683292952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-more-unbending-battle-peter-nelson-9780465003174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}