Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback

Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback

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Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback
  • Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback

Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback

$23.95
$23.95

by Joel Christian Gill (Author), Sheena C. Howard (Foreword by)

Winner:
Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016

Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall of Fame. Stringfield was a pioneer in motorcycling during her lifetime; she rode as a civilian courier for the US military and founded the Iron Horse Motorcycle Club in Miami, all while confronting and overcoming Jim Crow in every ride.

Author Biography

Joel Christian Gill is the inaugural chair of Boston University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Narrative and associate professor in the CFA School of Visual Arts. He is also a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence, cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by the New York Times and for which he was awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. He wrote and illustrated Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride and the award-winning graphic novel series Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, as well as three volumes of Tales of The Talented Tenth, which tell the stories of Bass Reeves, Bessie Stringfield, and Robert Smalls. He has just completed the graphic novel of Ibram Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, forthcoming in June 2023. Gill has dedicated his life to creating stories to build connections with readers through empathy, compassion, and, ultimately, humanity.

Number of Pages: 132
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.9 x 7.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 01, 2016

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