The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown by Taylor, Theodore

The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591148524)

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Format: Paperback
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The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown by Taylor, Theodore

The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown

$22.95
The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown by Taylor, Theodore

The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews with those who knew Brown, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat.

Author: Theodore Taylor
ISBN-10: 1591148529
ISBN-13: 9781591148524
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.99w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2007 pg. 148
By Theodore Taylor
By Theodore Taylor
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Theodore Taylor was born in North Carolina and began writing at the age of thirteen as a cub reporter for the Portsmouth, Virginia Evening Star. Leaving home at seventeen to join the Washington Daily News as a copy boy, he worked his way toward New York City and became an NBC network sportswriter at the age of nineteen. Mr. Taylor is the author of a dozen books for young readers, among them the award-winning The Cay. He lives in Laguna Beach, California, with his wife, Flora.

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