{"product_id":"now-let-me-fly-a-portrait-of-eugene-bullard-74363","title":"Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard","description":"\u003cp\u003eA graphic novel nicely illustrated in two-color throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eOn the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was one of a small but growing number of African American refugees living in France. At just eleven years old, Bullard had fled the dangers of the Jim Crow South, determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a human being. His search took him across the Atlantic and through a myriad of lives as a horse racer, vaudeville performer, and boxer. In 1913, he settled in Paris. In 1914, the Great War began, and Bullard made history as the first African American fighter pilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eIn this candid but sensitive graphic memoir, Ronald Wimberly and Brahm Revel capture moments from Eugene Bullard's life with remarkable empathy, from the muddy trenches to the open sky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555665277226,"sku":"74363","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/9781626728523_ba383.jpg?v=1789083956","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/now-let-me-fly-a-portrait-of-eugene-bullard-74363","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}