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Now Let Me Fly

A Portrait of Eugene Bullard

Author: Ronald Wimberly; illustrated by Brahm Revel

Now Let Me Fly

Now Let Me Fly

$29.99

About This Book

From author Ronald Wimberly, creator of the viral comic Lighten Up, comes a soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot.

Page Count
336
Genre
On Sale
01/03/2023

Book Details

From author Ronald Wimberly, creator of the viral comic Lighten Up, comes a soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot.

On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France—and made history as the world’s first African American fighter pilot.

In this candid but sensitive portrait of Bullard, author Ronald Wimberly balances the personal and the historical to interrogate concepts of cynicism, idealism, fear, glory, and the pervasiveness of anti-Black racism.

Imprint Publisher

First Second

ISBN

9781626728523

In The News

Listed as a Best New Comic of 2023 by the New York Public Library
A Junior Library Guild selection


"Wimberly’s script navigates haunting scenes of racism and ultimate optimism and triumph. Revel (Guerillas) draws emotive faces and propulsive action, as fluidly rendering a boxing ring as a battlefield... [Now Let Me Fly] carries off the lift of a pulp adventure, while memorializing Bullard’s warrior spirit." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Bullard’s life was full of danger, adventure, and opportunities he created, and this fascinating story has very broad appeal. A great first purchase for all libraries."—School Library Journal, starred review

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Now Let Me Fly

Now Let Me Fly

$29.99