Exciting biography of West Indian born physician/aviator who experienced danger in order to open aviation to young blacks. Appeals to all ethnic groups by analyzing the factors that lead one person to act while others talk. Book incorporates universal factors such as genealogy, history and Travel. Tuskegee airmen owe their location choice of chief instructor to his efforts.
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This is the first full-scale biography of African American doctor Albert Forsyth, who with Al Anderson, later the chief instructor of the Tuskegee Airmen, made the first round-trip transcontinental flight by nonwhites in 1933. The pair undertook a second, similar goodwill flight to demonstrate the abilities of people of color, getting most of the way around the Caribbean before a nonfatal crash in Trinidad. For both flights, they used planes that a sensible person these days would hardly fly across Lake Michigan. Forsyth's nephew devotes more space to his uncle's life before and after he made aviation history, and with good reason, for Bahamian-born Forsyth lived long and productively, dying at 89 in 1986. The book's tone is polite and even reverential in places, as befits an admiring nephew. Its style is less than polished, and the digressions in it, especially on genealogy and Jamaican cooking, are numerous. The honor it gives is deserved, though it contributes more to African Americana than aviation studies. Roland Green
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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A fascinating biography -- Nassau Tribune 2/28/02
A fascinating biography. -- Nassau Tribune, 2/28/02
First full scale bipgraphy of African American doctor Albert Forsythe (who) made aviation history. The honor it gives is deserved. -- Booklist, American Library Association, 5/15/02
Should be read by every high school and college student -- Dr. H. Woodford, Tuskegee Air Group
Should be read by every high school and college student. -- Dr. Hackley Woodford, physician to Tuskegee Airmen
A fascinating biography. -- Nassau Tribune, 2/28/02
First full scale bipgraphy of African American doctor Albert Forsythe (who) made aviation history. The honor it gives is deserved. -- Booklist, American Library Association, 5/15/02
Should be read by every high school and college student -- Dr. H. Woodford, Tuskegee Air Group
Should be read by every high school and college student. -- Dr. Hackley Woodford, physician to Tuskegee Airmen
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