A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home - Hardcover

Peter N. Nelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465003176 ISBN 13: 9780465003174

Publisher: Civitas Books, 2009

Synopsis

The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below—better than when the shells exploded in the trenches...

In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Pete Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th Infantry Regiment—the first African-American regiment mustered to fight in WWI. Recruited from all walks of Harlem life, the regiment had to fight alongside the French because America's segregation policy prohibited them from fighting with white U.S. soldiers.

Despite extraordinary odds and racism, the 369th became one of the most successful—and infamous—regiments of the war. The Harlem Hellfighters, as their enemies named them, spent longer than any other American unit in combat, were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine, and showed extraordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. Replete with vivid accounts of battlefield heroics, A More Unbending Battle is the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hellfighters.

About this title

From the Author:

If you go to my website at ipetenelson.com, you can click on a 45 minute video I've made, telling the story of the Harlem Hellfighters.  I've done this in order to make the story available to middle school or high school history classes, and for any schools celebrating Black History Month.  I am also available to Skype with any classes that might be interested.  Contact information is on my website.

About the Author:

Pete Nelson's writing has been published in numerous publications, including Harper's, Esquire, Men's Health, Outside, and Rolling Stone. He is an award-winning author of seventeen books, the most recent being Left for Dead. He lives in South Salem, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Civitas Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0465003176
• ISBN 13: 9780465003174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304