The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown

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.

About the author

By Theodore Taylor

Summary

`A compelling portrait of a quiet hero, of the racial climate between 1926 and 1959, and of the last days of propeller-driven naval aviation.’ - Booklist Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in segregated southern USA.

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Taylor
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 20.02.2007
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies
• EAN: 9781591148524
• ISBN: 978-1-59114-852-4
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 22.4 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 470 g
• Series: Bluejacket Books; Bluejacket Books
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black