[publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition Boards (HB) in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition with slight edge wear top back cover. Signed and dated by author/ artist on title page. . Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. 107 pages with sources, photo credits and index.
[Eureka, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]

ISBN10: 1534404902, ISBN13: 9781534404908, [publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York] Hardcover First Edition Both book and dustjacket are in pristine condition. The author was known as a celebrated artist, storyteller, writer - a legend. But there was a role Ashley had that almost no one knew: soldier. In 1943, at nineteen years old, Ashley was drafted out of art school and into World War II. During his service he was the technical sergeant with charcoal pencils and paper stuffed into his gas mask; a friend and art teacher to the children of Boston, where he was first stationed. Filled with never-before-seen artwork, handwritten letters to his dear Cooper Union classmate Eva, and sketchbook-journal entries, this heartrending, soaring memoir is both an extraordinary piece of history - and a lesson in hope. [dust jacket] "Bryan's sketches and gouaches are the mainstay of this book, ostensibly for young readers but a serious, informative plain-spoken narrative, teaching much about WWII and a soldier's life, for any age." [mike mosher] ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 107 pages
[Franklin, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 1534404902, ISBN13: 9781534404908, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Hardcover 2019. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]