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rare ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S NIGGERS by Williams BLACK WW II 761st TANK BATTALION
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FANTASTIC, SCARCE, VINTAGE, 1979, UNREAD AND NEAR MINT, SOFTBOUND PAPERBACK BOOK TITLED "ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S NIGGERS", by David J. Williams! An historical and FACT BASED fictionalized account of the gallant service of the EXCLUSIVELY AFRICAN AMERICAN U.S. ARMY 761st TANK BATTALION DURING WORLD WAR II! In the same tradition as the "Tuskeegee Airmen", this famous Black Tank Battalion was championed and promoted by Eleanor Roosevelt, thus they were referred to as noted by the politically incorrect title during WW II! Originally published in 1976, this is a later edition published by Neptune Books in 1979!See all 8 images including close-ups! A standard sized paperback book with a WHOPPING 224 paginated pages PLUS end pages and the semi-stiff softbound covers!
UNREAD AND NEAR MINT - AS ACQUIRED IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS BOXES FROM 1979!
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As noted on the front cover: "Good enough to die but not white enough to decorate"! - - - AND as noted on the back cover: "After 33 years, on January 24, 1978, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Presidential Unit Citation to the 761st Tank Battalion for gallant service during WW II, European Theatre"!
Check prices at amazon and other venues where this book is selling for upwards of to or more - A scarce book which might actually have been "pulled" at some point because of the politically incorrect title!
A FASCINATING, HISTORICAL, AND LITTLE KNOWN WW II AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL STORY - AND
WE COMBINE ITEMS FOR ECONOMICAL SHIPPING, JUST ADD ITEMS TO YOUR CART AND REQUEST AN INVOICE
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UNREAD AND NEAR MINT; as acquired in the original publisher's boxes from 1979; spine has never been "cracked"; the book you receive may or may not have very faint age-tone spotting along the spine edge and/or some isolated light foxing along the exposed extreme outer page edges from long-term box storage; otherwise in near-mint VINTAGE condition!
I have acquired a large quantity of this book - So please e-mail if you would like a larger quantity for your book club, your high school reading classes, or for your historical organization!
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