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This narrative nonfiction account of the first Black American military pilot to fly in combat opens with a businessman working in Rockefeller Center being trapped in an elevator with operator Eugene Bullard. He talks with Bullard and is amazed and skeptical to learn Bullard was a fighter pilot in France. Once Bullard shows his medal, the man wants to hear his story. Bullard's life begins in Georgia, and readers witness the moment of his father fleeing men who want to lynch him, then follow as Bullard leaves home in sea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More