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Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles

America's First Black Paratroopers

Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles( )
Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
ISBN:978-0-7636-5117-6
Publication Date:Feb 2013
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Back on the home front, the injustice of discrimination against African Americans plays out as much on Main Street as in the military. Enlisted black men are segregated...
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Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
Juvenile Nonfiction / African American & Black
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):24.13 x 25.933 x 1.676 cm
Book Weight:0.852 Kilograms
Author Biography
Stone, Tanya Lee (Author)


Tanya Lee Stone studied English at Oberlin College and was an editor of children's nonfiction for many years. She also has a Masters Degree. She teaches writing at Champlain College. After many years as an editor. Tanya moved to Vermont and returned to writing. This award-winning author has written titles that include the young adult novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald , picture books Elizabeth Leads the Way, Sandy's Circus, and Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? She has also written narrative nonfiction with her titles: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. In 2014 her title, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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