num_pages: 352
description: A personal account of one soldier's political awakening. The author describes his childhood in rural Minnesota, his encounters as a teenage adventurer on freight trains, and his tour of duty as a soldier in the all-black 93rd Infantry Division.
language: English
title: Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary
titlecomplete: Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary
genres: Autobiography, History, Race, African American, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 46
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Biography
publisher: New Press, The