You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen

Resource Information

The work You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen

Title remainder

the Tuskegee Airmen

Statement of responsibility

Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford

Title variation

Tuskegee Airmen

Creator

• Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Contributor

• Weatherford, Jeffery Boston

Illustrator

• Weatherford, Jeffery Boston

Subject

• African American air pilots
• African American air pilots -- History -- Juvenile poetry
• Alabama -- Tuskegee Army Air Field
• History
• Juvenile works
• Military campaigns
• Military operations, Aerial -- American
• Military participation -- African American
• Poetry
• Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Juvenile poetry
• United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Group, 332nd -- Juvenile poetry
• United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Squadron, 99th
• United States, Army Air Forces | Fighter Squadron, 99th -- History -- Juvenile poetry
• Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile poetry
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Juvenile poetry
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile poetry
• 1939 - 1945

Genre

• Juvenile poetry
• Juvenile works
• Poetry
• History

Language

eng

Summary

This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

811/.6

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Grades 4-6

LC call number

• D790.252 332nd
• PS3623.E375

LC item number

• .W43 2015
• Y68 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile