Description
Forced to make common cause with his race rather than with the Army, he and some fellow soldiers write a letter to American newspapers about the poor treatment of blacks in the military. For this outcry, they encounter harassment and further discrimination, resulting in a full-scale battle between black and white troops and a blood-curdling climax to this second novel by acclaimed African American author John Killens. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling to spine. No dust jacket. A little fading and bleaching to cover. Contents leaning. Front and back boards bowed. Hardcover. Published by Jonathan Cape 1964. Weight 528g