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Lewis, J. Patrick

Harlem Hellfighters

32 pp. | Creative Editions | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-56846-246-2 $18.99

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Gary Kelley. The story of an all-black regiment is a revealing lens through which to view the Great War. Lewis brings a stark poetic sensibility to his topic; he references the irony of black men being shipped across the Atlantic, while in Kelley's atmospheric illustrations enslaved men in shackles appear out of the mist. A needed antidote to sentimental WWI books of the centennial year. Bib.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014