Buy this book on-line Lynn, Jack : The Hallelujah FlightRobson Books, London, 1989 ISBN 0860515370
237pp. In 1932 two extraordinary black men, James Herman Banning and Thomas C. Allen, set out to make aviation history: their ambitious aim--to become the first black Americans to fly across America from coast to coast. Without sponsorship or ceremony, Banning and Allen took off from Dycer Airport, Los Angleles, in their ancient, patched- up aircraft, with only twenty-five dollars. Beset by overwhelming odds, facing ridicule and racial bigotry, enduring hostility and outright violence, the duo begged and borrowed their way across the continent, making over twenty scheduled--and unscheduled--st ops on their action- packed journey, 8vo, Fine in Fine Dust Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lynn, Jack : The Hallelujah Flight. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, out-of-print books, atlases, libri antichi and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |