MAX BROOKS is the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of" World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, " and "The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks."
""The Harlem Hellfighters" brings to life a long forgotten piece of
American history. Bravo, Max Brooks, bravo." --Spike Lee
"An utterly fresh and shocking blend of storytelling and graphic
art that takes us back to the global conflagration at the dawn of
the last century and the heroic and outsized role brave African
American soldiers played in turning the tide for the Allies. In an
injustice oft repeated throughout our history, the heroic feats of
the "Harlem Hellfighters" were not just forgotten but deliberately
suppressed by a nation eager to accept the Black man's sacrifice
but terrified to give him the slightest credit for it. Denied the
ability to even defend themselves back home, the Hellfighters tear
up the Western Front and terrify the Germans, facing down machine
guns, rats, and poison gas with stoic relentlessness and deflected
fury. White's illustrations explode off the page and Brooks'
storytelling brings gripping action and anger to every page." --Tom
Reiss, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Black Count"
"Brooks's text seethes with rage at the soldiers' mistreatment, but
he insists that even the racists who saw them in action would have
respected their accomplishments. Like the text, White's b&w art
is intensely furious, emphasizing the war's chaotic horror. Reading
the book is a painful, memorable experience." --"Publishers
Weekly"
""The Harlem Hellfighters "is perhaps the first graphic novel
taking as its theme a major episode in African American History,
the heroic performance of black men in combat during World War I.
Brilliantly dramatized by Max Brooks--author of such national
bestsellers as "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide"--and
stunningly illustrated by Canaan White, one of our foremost
African-American comic book illustrators, the novel tells the
gripping story of the often overlooked black men who served their
country in combat against enemy forces during "the Great War." The
Harlem Hellfighters served in
"An utterly fresh and shocking blend of storytelling and graphic
art that takes us back to the global conflagration at the dawn of
the last century and the heroic and outsized role brave African
American soldiers played in turning the tide for the Allies. In an
injustice oft repeated throughout our history, the heroic feats of
the "Harlem Hellfighters" were not just forgotten but deliberately
suppressed by a nation eager to accept the Black man's sacrifice
but terrified to give him the slightest credit for it. Denied the
ability to even defend themselves back home, the Hellfighters tear
up the Western Front and terrify the Germans, facing down machine
guns, rats, and poison gas with stoic relentlessness and deflected
fury. White's illustrations explode off the page and Brooks'
storytelling brings gripping action and anger to every page." --Tom
Reiss, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Black Count"
"Brooks's text seethes with rage at the soldiers' mistreatment, but
he insists that even the racists who saw them in action would have
respected their accomplishments. Like the text, White's b&w art
is intensely furious, emphasizing the war's chaotic horror. Reading
the book is a painful, memorable experience." --"Publishers
Weekly"
""The Harlem Hellfighters "is perhaps the first graphic novel
taking as its theme a major episode in African American History,
the heroic performance of black men in combat during World War I.
Brilliantly dramatized by Max Brooks--author of such national
bestsellers as "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide"--and
stunningly illustrated by Canaan White, one of our foremost
African-American comic book illustrators, the novel tells the
gripping story of the often overlooked black men who served their
country in combat against enemy forces during "the Great War." The
Harlem Hellfighters served in combat longer than any other American
unit, losing neither men nor ground, even as they fought entrenched
racism within the U.S. mi
"Brooks's text seethes with rage at the soldiers' mistreatment, but
he insists that even the racists who saw them in action would have
respected their accomplishments. Like the text, White's b&w art
is intensely furious, emphasizing the war's chaotic horror. Reading
the book is a painful, memorable experience." --"Publishers
Weekly"
""The Harlem Hellfighters "is perhaps the first graphic novel
taking as its theme a major episode in African American History,
the heroic performance of black men in combat during World War I.
Brilliantly dramatized by Max Brooks--author of such national
bestsellers as "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide"--and
stunningly illustrated by Canaan White, one of our foremost
African-American comic book illustrators, the novel tells the
gripping story of the often overlooked black men who served their
country in combat against enemy forces during "the Great War." The
Harlem Hellfighters served in combat longer than any other American
unit, losing neither men nor ground, even as they fought entrenched
racism within the U.S. military. Brooks and White tell a thrilling
saga of noble perseverance, individual valor and sacrifice and
collective triumph, showing how combat abroad in war contributed to
the larger quest for civil rights at home. Informed by judicious
historical research and vividly illustrated storytelling, this book
itself is an historical "first," and is a major contribution to our
understanding of Black History." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
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