4.0
All Blood Runs Red
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Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community. When his journey led him to Europe, he garnered worldwide fame as a boxer, and later as the first African American fighter pilot in history.
After the war, Bullard returned to Paris a celebrated hero. But little did he know that the dramatic, globe-spanning arc of his life had just begun.
is the inspiring untold story of an American hero, a thought-provoking chronicle of the twentieth century and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage, determination, gumption, intelligence and luck forged a legendary life.
"A whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. I read the entire book in almost one sitting." —Thomas E. Ricks,
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should be required reading for anyone who has ever dreamed big. A truly inspiring and uplifting story of courage and triumph, and an opus for an unsung hero." —Nelson DeMille
"Dazzling . . . This may be a biography, but it reads like a novel." —
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“More people should know about Eugene Bullard. This book is a great contribution to what should be an expanded list of works that portray his life. As the book makes convincingly clear, Eugene Bullard was a legend whose life offers insight into many remarkable chapters in US and world history. That he overcame so much to achieve what he did makes this book even more important.
I listened to the audiobook, which was generally fine. The voice actor had a pretty slow cadence, so I had to speed sit up. The French pronunciation was awful, but I guess we can't have everything, amirite?
I appreciated the obviously extensive research that went into pulling this biography together. The authors clearly had deep respect for Bullard, there was a reverence you could feel in their writing, even in those times when they were questioning the veracity of the tales Bullard shared about his life. What I thought was strange was how the authors made unnecessary use of outdated racial language, wandered into long segues about other folks' lives and accomplishments, and dwelled on techbical specifications of war machines. Maybe if I was interested in the history of weaponry and aviation, the last part wouldn't have bothered me as much. But I definitely found my attention wandering at many points during which the accounts would meander in odd directions.
In any case, Eugene Bullard was such a fascinating figure. I'm really glad I got to learn about him and his honorable life. I hope he continues to show up in other research (and works, generally) about Black History and the lives Black folks have lived throughout the world.”
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