A graphic history featuring the true story of three friends from Brooklyn who join in the global fight against fascism
In this exhilarating graphic novel about the Spanish Civil War, three American friends set off from Brooklyn to join in the fight--determined to make Spain "the tomb of fascism" for the sake of us all. Together they defy the U.S. government and join the legendary Abraham Lincoln Brigade, throw themselves into battle, and conduct sabotage missions behind enemy lines. As Spain is shattered by the savagery of combat during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), readers see the darkening clouds of the World War to come.
Artist Anne Timmons has created a thrilling graphic novel in the spirit of the "war comic" genre that appeared after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II. Drawing upon the real-life experiences of Lincoln Brigade veteran Abe Osheroff, writer Miguel Ferguson offers a lively, accessible resource based on actual events during the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War. !Brigadistas! will stir the memories of older audiences who remember the Spanish Civil War as a time of unparalleled international solidarity and heartbreak, and it will expose young audiences to the passions, politics, and conflicts of a bygone era with striking contemporary relevance.
Show moreA graphic history featuring the true story of three friends from Brooklyn who join in the global fight against fascism
In this exhilarating graphic novel about the Spanish Civil War, three American friends set off from Brooklyn to join in the fight--determined to make Spain "the tomb of fascism" for the sake of us all. Together they defy the U.S. government and join the legendary Abraham Lincoln Brigade, throw themselves into battle, and conduct sabotage missions behind enemy lines. As Spain is shattered by the savagery of combat during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), readers see the darkening clouds of the World War to come.
Artist Anne Timmons has created a thrilling graphic novel in the spirit of the "war comic" genre that appeared after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II. Drawing upon the real-life experiences of Lincoln Brigade veteran Abe Osheroff, writer Miguel Ferguson offers a lively, accessible resource based on actual events during the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War. !Brigadistas! will stir the memories of older audiences who remember the Spanish Civil War as a time of unparalleled international solidarity and heartbreak, and it will expose young audiences to the passions, politics, and conflicts of a bygone era with striking contemporary relevance.
Show moreMiguel Ferguson (Author)
Miguel Ferguson is an award-winning professor, author, and
educational entrepreneur. As the founder of the company OfCourse!,
he creates innovative curriculum and provides training on public
policy and social justice topics. Fraser M. Otanelli (Author)
Fraser M. Ottanelli teaches US radicalism and immigration history
at the University of South Florida.
Paul Buhle (Foreword by)
Paul Buhle, retired Brown University Senior Lecturer, has authored
and edited more than forty books on the American and Caribbean
Left, and is the editor of more than a dozen nonfiction graphic
novels.
"!Brigadistas! offers a stunning presentation of the struggles of
ordinary blue collar American youngsters in the American Lincoln
Battalion joining with an international crew of volunteers to stop
fascism before it could spread beyond Germany and Italy. Young
readers especially will appreciate the combination of clear
narrative and the brilliant art of Anne Timmons."--Daniel Czitrom,
Ford Foundation History Professor at Mt. Holyoke College, and Chair
Emeritus of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives An excellent idea
-- one of the most dramatic social conflicts of the twentieth
century conveyed in compelling graphic form. At marches and
demonstrations, the old guys always captured our attention: Hey
it's the Lincoln Brigade. And here we have the story of these
premature anti-fascists who started the long struggle to defend
democracy a little early in Spain.
--James Barrett, famed historian of labor and the Left, Professor
Emeritus of History and African American Studies at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Anne Timmons has wonderfully captured
the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, the heroism of the
Lincoln. Battalion volunteers, and the life of one working class
American who offered his life to fight fascism.
--Sharon Kahn Rudahl, illustrator of Ballad of an American: The
Story of Paul Robeson The boundless courage and abiding heroism of
Americans who risked everything to fight against fascism --
illuminated beautifully by Miguel Ferguson & Paul Buhle and artist
Anne Timmons in this moving and unforgettable account of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
--Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, Co-authors, The Untold History of
the United States
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