All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene BullardBoxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy [Paperback]

Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an Indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community. When his journey led him to Europe, he garnered worldwide fame as a boxer and later as the first African American fighter pilot in history.

After the war, Bullard returned to Paris a celebrated hero. But little did he know that the dramatic, globe-spanning arc of his life had just begun.

All Blood Runs Redis the inspiring untold story of an American hero, a thought-provoking chronicle of the twentieth century and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage, determination, gumption, intelligence and luck forged a legendary life.“Phil Keith and Tom Clavin have resurrected the memory of a man who was larger than life; a man born to a former slave and a Native American mother in racially-hostile Georgia who refused to play the hand he was dealt, and lived life on his own terms.All Blood Runs Redshould be required reading for anyone who has ever dreamed big. A truly inspiring and uplifting story of courage and triumph, and an opus for an unsung hero.”—Nelson DeMille


“Eugene Bullard lived enough for a dozen interesting men, andAll Blood Runs Redtells his story in a captivating way that keeps the pages turning for the next chapter. Keith and Clavin bring us a well-crafted book about a truly admirable American.”—Gregory A. Freeman, author ofThe Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II


“An exultant trumpet song to the human spirit. My God, how I admire this man.”—Robert Coram, author ofBoyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War


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