Black Eagle: General Daniel Chappie James Jr.

by James R. McGovern

Book Overview

The success story of a much-decorated fighter pilot who overcame poverty and racism to become America's first African-American four-star general.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of seventeen children in a relatively poor family, "Chappie" James (1920-1978) rose to attain the rank of four-star general-the highest rank of the peacetime American military. His parents had early on imbued him with personal and national pride and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817313079
• ISBN13: 9780817313074
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"