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All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
4.18 AVERAGE
56 reviews for:
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
4.18 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Must read. An unsung hero of both France and America.
What an indomitable man and an incredible life! I second the authors’ opinion that Eugene’s story deserves its own movie (or limited series).
Eugene Bullard lived an extraordinary life. I found the story about Bullard to be fascinating and for his time, amazing. To think that a boy from a small Southern town riddled with prejudice, he accomplished great things.
The writing felt a bit unpolished and rough this might have been intentional to match the story, I am not sure.
If nothing else, I would recommend this book to anyone to learn more about this great American.
I received an ARC of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
The writing felt a bit unpolished and rough this might have been intentional to match the story, I am not sure.
If nothing else, I would recommend this book to anyone to learn more about this great American.
I received an ARC of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Thanks to publisher Hanover Square Press for the free review copy.
What a pleasure to learn about this remarkable man.
What a pleasure to learn about this remarkable man.
What an amazing life Eugene Bullard lived! This book is packed with so much history, and I learned a lot about how the American Legion started, about how Black Americans were treated in France vs in America, and about how crazy the times were between the two wars. There were also long lists of people who definitely deserve to be remembered for their bravery, like the pilots who located troops pinned down behind enemy lines and were able to limp home in a damaged plane and convey the details that saved so many even while they lost their own lives.
Honestly, my favorite parts were the years between the wars. Eugene must have been very charismatic and so talented to adapt and learn to ride horses, work on ships, box, manage boxers, fly planes, play the drums, manage night clubs, be fluent in multiple languages....the list goes on and on. You could definitely play six degrees of Eugene Bullard and make so many connections to people like Picasso, Langston Hughes, Bricktop and more. Having recently read Alice Randall's "Black Bottom Saints," I loved seeing a lot of the same characters in Eugene's circle.
Honestly, my favorite parts were the years between the wars. Eugene must have been very charismatic and so talented to adapt and learn to ride horses, work on ships, box, manage boxers, fly planes, play the drums, manage night clubs, be fluent in multiple languages....the list goes on and on. You could definitely play six degrees of Eugene Bullard and make so many connections to people like Picasso, Langston Hughes, Bricktop and more. Having recently read Alice Randall's "Black Bottom Saints," I loved seeing a lot of the same characters in Eugene's circle.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
The writing style skirts that real thin line of being dry, but Bullard is an interesting enough person that it kept that from happening and we luckily have some of Bullard's own voice from his memoir. Well worth knowing more about Eugune Bullard.
I won this from Goodreads as well, I entered to win it because I had never heard of him. It's terrible that the story of the first African American fighter pilot isn't wider known, he was a fascinating person. The differences in racial attitudes between France and America before WWI were stark, sadly the attitudes of the two nations regarding race seemed to have moved closer together since then and not in as positive direction as one would hope.
One of the most striking things that I noticed is that the rhetoric of law enforcement and racists, and the cover up strategies, hasn't really changed since the early 1900's.
One of the most striking things that I noticed is that the rhetoric of law enforcement and racists, and the cover up strategies, hasn't really changed since the early 1900's.