Captain Blackman
By: John A. Williams ; introduction by Alexs Pate.
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- Fiction.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Participation, African American -- Fiction.; African American soldiers -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "John A. Williams is exhaustive and accurate in his historical research of the significant role played by African Americans in the military. Captain Blackman is a U.S. soldier in Vietnam who becomes seriously wounded. As he drifts in and out of consciousness he hallucinates back in time as a soldier in each of America's wars from 1775 to 1975."--BOOK JACKET.