Captain Blackman

Fiction. African American Studies. Captain Blackman is a U.S. soldier in Vietnam who becomes seriously wounded. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he hallucinates back in time as a soldier in each of America’s wars from 1775 to 1975. Named among the most important works of fiction of the decade by the New York Times Book Review when first published in 1972, Captain Blackman is the first book to be published in Coffee House Press’s Black Arts Movement reprint series. Mr. Williams has written a provocative book in which fantasy and history merge and flow. His well-researched retelling of history is valuable, his novel fascinating reading and his message compelling – Baltimore Sun.