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“[Robinson’s] lifelong triumph over adversity belongs to the greatest of American success stories.” —Peter Hannaford, Washington Times
In this gripping, never-before-told tale, biographer Thomas E. Simmons brings to life the true story of John C. Robinson, who rose from fraught and humble beginnings as a black child in segregated Mississippi to outstanding success. He became a pilot and an expert in building and assembling his own working aircraft; he also helped to establish a school of aviation at the Tuskegee Institute (there would have been no Tuskegee Airmen without him), and his courageous wartime service in Ethiopia during the Italian invasion in 1935 won him international fame.
During Robinson’s service to Ethiopia, he took to the air to combat the first Fascist invasion of what would become World War II. This remarkable hero may have been the first American to oppose Fascism in combat. When Ethiopia was freed by British troops during World War II, Haile Selassie asked Robinson to return to Ethiopia to help reestablish the Ethiopian Air Force. For Robinson and the five men he picked to go with him, just getting to Ethiopia in wartime 1944 was an adventure in and of itself.
Featuring thirty-five black-and-white photographs and based on twenty-three years’ worth of original research when very little information on this remarkable American hero was available, The Man Called Brown Condor is more than just a biography of an unfairly forgotten African American pilot; this book provides insight on racial conditions in the first half of the twentieth century and illustrates the political intrigue within a League of Nations afraid to face the rise of Fascism.
Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
- Sales Rank: #2946498 in Books
- Published on: 2016-01-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.90" h x .90" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Review
“[Robinson’s] lifelong triumph over adversity belongs to the greatest of American success stories.” —Peter Hannaford, Washington Times
“The story of John C. Robinson, born in segregated Mississippi at the turn of the century, and his remarkable story of not just becoming a pilot but rising to become the commander of the Ethiopian Air Force during the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935.” —Publishers Weekly
“Simmons spent over 20 years researching the remarkable life of John D. Robinson, who rose from segregationist Mississippi to become a distinguished pilot, founder of the Tuskegee Institute’s school of aviation, a bold defender of Ethiopia during the 1935 Italian invasion, and, finally, founder of the Ethiopian Air Force.” —Library Journal
“An inspiring affirmation that celebrates the old adage that where there’s a will, there’s a way, even against seemingly impossible odds.” —Kirkus Reviews
From the Back Cover
“All New York Greets Pilot on Arrival”
“Newsmen Get Lowdown on African War from Colonel John C. Robinson”
“Pioneered Aviation in Chicago—Started Air School”
“Colonel Robinson, Brown Condor, Returns Home”
“Gangway for the Brown Condor”
“Crowds Wait on War Hero”
“There has never been such a demonstration as was accorded the thirty-one-year-old Chicago aviator who left the United States thirteen months ago and literally covered himself in glory trying to preserve the independence of the last African empire. There are reports that he will be joining the faculty of Tuskegee Institute to teach aviation.”
--The Chicago Defender newspaper on John C. Robinson’s heroic return to America, where he was greeted by a crowd of twenty-thousand supporters in the streets of Chicago
About the Author
Thomas E. Simmons grew up in Mississippi and attended the Marion Military Institute, the U. S. Naval Academy, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Alabama. He served as commercial captain of a seventy-foot sailing vessel, has been a pilot since the age of sixteen, has flown professionally, and participated in air shows flying aerobatics in open-cockpit biplanes. In 1960, he served as an artillery officer in Korea. He and his wife live in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Great book
By James N. Berry
This is an important book about an extraordinary individual. It's been said that victors write history, but even being on the winning side isn't always enough. As Senior Editor of World Book, I revised the encyclopedia's Civil War article to include what had been an important omission: that there were more freed slaves in the Union Army by war's end than soldiers in the entire Confederate militia. That factor played a decisive role in the war's outcome.
Similarly, John C. Robinson was a great American aviator - internationally acclaimed in his lifetime - but as a black Mississippian, he's been largely forgotten. If not for author Thomas Simmons' excellent research - much of it derived through personal interviews - Robinson's achievements might continue to go unnoticed.
Yet much of what this man did looms all the brighter when we consider the racial barriers he surmounted. When an aviation school denied him admission, Robinson took a janitorial job there and audited classes broom-in-hand. He built his own plane, started his own flying school - even helped create a black airport when white ones refused to refuel his plane.
Robinson's pushed for an aviation program at Tuskegee Institute to train other black pilots, giving rise to the famous Tuskegee airmen who performed so bravely as the Red Tail squadron in World War Two. Not waiting for the US to enter that war, Robinson began fighting fascism in 1935 when Mussolini attacked Ethiopia. The Brown Condor led the Ethiopian air force, being twice wounded and also gassed. And after the war, he helped establish an Ethiopian airline.
-- Newton Berry
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Amazing man, outstanding story, exemplary writing!
By Jeanie
Whenever I read a true story of someone who has done extraordinary things and never received the recognition deserved, I stand in ovation as it finally happens. Tom Simmons has brought to light the life of John Robinson, a man who never used the word 'can't' and gave his whole life to flying and teaching others, especially those underdogs who would not have had the opportunity, to fly. I cried as I read how he became a janitor so he could eavesdrop on the classes he needed to take to get his pilot's license (which he was not allowed to take because he was black). Who, in our time, do you see that breaks through barriers like that? I would love to see Denzel Washington play him in the movie! He would be perfect for it!
My hat is off to Tom Simmons! Oh, and did you see this book was presented to the President of Ethiopia? Holy smokes! What an honor!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR by T. E. Simmons, is an exciting and wonderfully written book on historical facts.
By Dr. Stephan Deimel
THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR by Thomas E. Simmons, is a wonderfully written book on historical facts which accommodates all tastes in reading.
Contrary to my greatest fear of being overwhelmed with early aviation jargon, I found myself captured under the spell of the author's talent of bringing life into the depths of history between three continents, Africa, Europe and America. Simmons seems to place himself in the time and place of each episode to capture the essence of those characters caught up in the era's intrigues and resulting haunting political failures, leading into what became known as the world's Second Great War, World War II.
The mind's eye followed the young boy as he joyously ran on the sand beach of Gulfport, Mississippi, enthralled in the excitement of seeing an airplane for the very first time in his young life. John Charles Robinson had found the path of life on which he was compelled to take. He would walk in the shoes of one of the world's best airplane pilots. And so began my journey with the Brown Condor. From the long tail of Johnny's kite onto the wings of a red WACO-9 next to Johnny, sitting in the front cockpit, I learned to feel the wind as it must have felt when he began to see his dreams come true. From there the winds grew unpredictable in a segregated society, as I followed the young Mississippian through many ups and downs. I also shared the joy as he ultimately become the owner of America's first school of aviation for men and women of color.
When Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Abyssinia, appealed to the League of Nations to help deescalate incursions of the Fascist government of Italy, his pleas were not heard and a clear view of a dark period in history began to unfold. The Emperor began a desperate rush to save his people of the small African country, known today as Ethiopia. John Charles Robinson was no stranger to the Emperor who regarded the aviation prowess of the young American, to be most outstanding and greatly needed to help delay the destruction of his people and beloved country.
Stresses of intrigue and war develop within the pages showing Italy's dictator, Mussolini, turning to cruel and deadly methods of winning his war against a very poor and the only unconquered, African Country at any and all costs. I dared be in the middle of it all; safe, on the wings of Johnny's plane.
As for my fear of aviation jargon: the thrill of turning the pages held me spellbound while learning some very interesting points on the history of aviation, the development of airplanes and engines, and how to survive in the mountains of Ethiopia.
This is a successfully written book about a great American of color, a historical work, a true life novel if I may so classify it. Thomas E. Simmons has an extraordinary way of writing! Dr. Raeschelle Potter-Deimel
Simmons, Thomas E. THE MAN CALLED BROWN CONDOR Skyhorse Publishing New York 2013
ISBN: 978-1-62087-217-8
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