Hell Fighters!
David Michael Newstead | The Philosophy of Shaving
I picked up an old book on the street entitled Hell Fighters: African American Soldiers in World War I by Michael L. Cooper. It’s 65-pages long and about the now famous Harlem Hellfighters. It’s a nice mix of words and pictures for young readers. Inside the front cover, I found a personalized inscription from the year that the book was published.
Christmas 1997
We’ve been talking about regiments because the African American Civil War Soldier Memorial is getting underway. But we haven’t yet learned about the New York 15th! I’m glad we can learn from each other.
Love, Mom
It took a minute for me to decipher the cursive writing. Then, I searched for the recipient online. He’s a grown man now, living several states away. Would he want his old book back, I wondered. Or would another parent I know want to teach their kids about important parts of American history?
