The Harlem Hellfighters

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Personal Author:

Brooks, Max

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

257 pages : black & white illustrations ; 23 cm.

Genre:

Summary:

"From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account of the 369th Infantry Regiment--the first African American regiment mustered to fight in World War I. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, bestselling author Max Brooks tells the thrilling story of the heroic journey that these soldiers undertook for a chance to fight for America. Despite extraordinary struggles and discrimination, the 369th became one of the most successful--and least celebrated--regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat and displayed extraordinary valor on the battlefield. Based on true events and featuring artwork from acclaimed illustrator Caanan White, these pages deliver an action-packed and powerful story of courage, honor, and heart"--

"This is a graphic novel about the first African-American regiment to fight in World War One"--

Subject Term:

World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American -- Comic books, strips, etc.

African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Additional Credits:

White, Caanan

Audience/Lexile:

GN 780 L

Publication Information:

New York : Broadway Books, 2014.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American -- Comic books, strips, etc.

African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Historical comics.

War comics.

Nonfiction comics.

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 369th -- Comic books, strips, etc.

United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.

New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 15th

United States. Army. 369th Infantry Regt.

United States. Army. Hell Fighters

United States. Army. Division, 93rd. Infantry Regiment, 369th

Harlem Hellfighters

Harlem's Own

Black Rattlers

Buffalo soldiers

United States. Army -- Afro-American troops

United States. Army -- Negro troops

European War, 1914-1918

First World War, 1914-1918

Great War, 1914-1918

World War 1, 1914-1918

World War I, 1914-1918

World War One, 1914-1918

WW I (World War, 1914-1918)

WWI (World War, 1914-1918)

African American military personnel

Afro-American soldiers

Negro soldiers

Negroes as soldiers

Soldiers, African American

United States. Army -- African Americans

SAILS ISBN:

9780307464972

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Summary

From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters

In 1919, the 369th infantry regiment marched home triumphantly from World War I. They had spent more time in combat than any other American unit, never losing a foot of ground to the enemy, or a man to capture, and winning countless decorations. Though they returned as heroes, this African American unit faced tremendous discrimination, even from their own government. The Harlem Hellfighters, as the Germans called them, fought courageously on--and off--the battlefield to make Europe, and America, safe for democracy.

In THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS , bestselling author Max Brooks and acclaimed illustrator Caanan White bring this history to life. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, they tell the heroic story of the 369th in an action-packed and powerful tale of honor and heart.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Brooks (World War Z) returns with the story of the first African-American regiment sent into combat by the U.S. Army in WW I. The 369th Infantry Regiment was poorly trained and ill equipped, and its soldiers were treated unfairly by command. Still, they had the single longest deployment of any American unit and achieved stunning military successes. 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. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Brooks (World War Z, 2006) makes a U-turn from zombies with this fictionalized account of the famous all-black 369th Infantry. The opening scene of a trench bomb sets the stage for the whole book: endless, grimacing faces and buckets of gore, mostly in the form of exploded bodies splattering across the page. This intro also betrays the book's chief concern: simply telling the story of WWI combat, albeit from an unusual point of view. As a result, the plot is fuzzy and the characters suitably enjoyable placeholders. We follow our diverse bunch from enlistment to training to the hell of France, where they fight through inhumane conditions with the utmost valor, and for what? Prejudice and humiliation at every turn. They would rather see white Germans, says one soldier, instead of black Americans march in triumph up Fifth Avenue. White's appropriately cluttered art has the horrific shock value of EC Comics classics like Frontline Combat and Two-Fisted Tales, and the whole thing comes off as resolutely Tarantinoesque. The movie version should be along any second now.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2014 Booklist

Library Journal Review

They ended up fighting for France because the American Expeditionary Forces -refused to use them. After training in South -Carolina, the first African American troops to fight in World War I were sent to Europe only to be put to work as stevedores and day laborers. Only when the overwhelmed French army begged for help did the United States release the all-"colored" 369th regiment for combat-under the oversight of the French command, which treated them fairly. Ultimately one of the fiercest and most decorated units of the war, the 369th earned the "Harlem Hellfighters" nickname from the Germans, not the Allies, and spent more time in combat than any other American unit. Brooks (World War Z; The Zombie Survival Guide) based the lightly fictionalized account on true events and people. VERDICT The centenary of World War I beginning this year begs for a graphic novel display; include this compelling account as well as titles by Jacque Tardi and Joe Sacco. Stark black-and-white art from White (Uber) gives the body-shredding violence the immediacy of a newsreel, and the absence of gray scale highlights the racial divide. For high school age and up.-M.C. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.