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Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace

Title: Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace / Ashley Bryan.
Author: Bryan, Ashley
Publication: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]

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Description

107 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits; 27 x 29 cm

Summary

This book details artist Ashley Bryan's experiences as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII.--
"From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the black soldiers to isolate them from anyone who showed kindness--including each other. He received worse treatment than even Nazi POWs. He was assigned the grimmest, most horrific tasks, like burying fallen soldiers...but was told to remove the black soldiers first because the media didn't want them in their newsreels. And he waited and wanted so desperately to go home, watching every white soldier get safe passage back to the United States before black soldiers were even a thought. For the next forty years, Ashley would keep his time in the war a secret. But now, he tells his story. The story of the kind people who supported him. The story of the bright moments that guided him through the dark. And the story of his passion for art that would save him time and time again. Filled with never-before-seen artwork and handwritten letters and diary entries, this illuminating and moving memoir by Newbery Honor-winning illustrator Ashley Bryan is both a lesson in history and a testament to hope." -- Publisher's description

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Juvenile works.

Note

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 102) and index.

Audience (note)

Ages 10 up.
Grades 4 to 6.

Call Number

Sc+ F 19-489

ISBN

9781534404908
1534404902
9781534404915 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019015826

OCLC

1097366206

Author

Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.

Title

Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace / Ashley Bryan.

Publisher

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Audience

Ages 10 up.

Grades 4 to 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 102) and index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Chronological Term

1939-1945

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 19-489

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