Captain Blackman

by John A. Williams

Book Overview

Vividly brings to life the history of African Americans in the military. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385008554
• ISBN13: 9780385008556
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Authentic, historically accurate details, entertaining.

Captain Blackman is an American soldier in Vietnam who is seriously wounded. As he drifts in and out of consciousness he hallucinates back in time, as an African-American solider in each of America's wars from 1775 to 1975. John Williams is a superb craftsman whose novel is as engaging as it is original. The blending of fantasy and history is superlative and his message as entertaining as it is compelling. Captain Blackman is authentic, accurate, and detailed in its background details, compelling, appealing, and completely entertaining in its story.