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All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy, Phil Keith with Tom Clavin

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The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community. His five-year journey led him to a tramp steamer bound for Europe. There he discovered boxing, climbed the ranks and garnered worldwide fame as the "Black Sparrow." At eighteen he settled in Paris as a beloved celebrity and bon vivant. A year later World War I broke out. Bullard joined the French Foreign Legion, where he went on to become the first African American fighter pilot in history. After the war, Bullard returned to Paris a decorated war hero and leveraged his celebrity to become a fixture of Parisian nightclub society. Hemingway and Fitzgerald drank champagne at his club. A young Langston Hughes worked as a busboy. He counted Picasso, Josephine Baker and Man Ray as friends. He married a French countess and they had two daughters. At the dawn of World War II, with echoes of Casablanca, Bullard became a French spy, drawing Nazi soldiers to his club and conducting crucial surveillance for the Allies. After fleeing Paris he joined the Resistance before being safely smuggled onto a ship bound for America. He lived out the rest of his life in Harlem with his daughters, working as an assistant for Louis Armstrong. This is the dramatic untold story of an American hero, a thought-provoking survey of the twentieth century and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage, determination, gumption, intelligence and luck forged a legendary life
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eng
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Extent
350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • The runaway
  • The fighter
  • The pilot
  • The impresario
  • The spy
  • The pioneer
Isbn
9781335005564
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All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy
Title
All blood runs red
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the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy
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Phil Keith with Tom Clavin
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Language
eng
Summary
The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community. His five-year journey led him to a tramp steamer bound for Europe. There he discovered boxing, climbed the ranks and garnered worldwide fame as the "Black Sparrow." At eighteen he settled in Paris as a beloved celebrity and bon vivant. A year later World War I broke out. Bullard joined the French Foreign Legion, where he went on to become the first African American fighter pilot in history. After the war, Bullard returned to Paris a decorated war hero and leveraged his celebrity to become a fixture of Parisian nightclub society. Hemingway and Fitzgerald drank champagne at his club. A young Langston Hughes worked as a busboy. He counted Picasso, Josephine Baker and Man Ray as friends. He married a French countess and they had two daughters. At the dawn of World War II, with echoes of Casablanca, Bullard became a French spy, drawing Nazi soldiers to his club and conducting crucial surveillance for the Allies. After fleeing Paris he joined the Resistance before being safely smuggled onto a ship bound for America. He lived out the rest of his life in Harlem with his daughters, working as an assistant for Louis Armstrong. This is the dramatic untold story of an American hero, a thought-provoking survey of the twentieth century and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage, determination, gumption, intelligence and luck forged a legendary life
Biography type
autobiography
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LMJ
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1946-
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Keith, Phil
Dewey number
  • 940.4/4944092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
TL540.B747
LC item number
K45 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Clavin, Thomas
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  • Bullard, Eugene Jacques
  • African American fighter pilots
  • Fighter pilots
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Race discrimination
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
  • Bullard, Eugene Jacques
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • African American fighter pilots
  • Fighter pilots
  • Military operations, Aerial
  • Race discrimination
  • France
  • United States
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adult
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All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy, Phil Keith with Tom Clavin
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-335) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The runaway -- The fighter -- The pilot -- The impresario -- The spy -- The pioneer
Control code
on1121653486
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781335005564
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
065373027993
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1121653486
Label
All blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard-- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy, Phil Keith with Tom Clavin
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-335) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The runaway -- The fighter -- The pilot -- The impresario -- The spy -- The pioneer
Control code
on1121653486
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781335005564
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
065373027993
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1121653486

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