The Harlem Hellfighters any good!

[Gardenerbill]

This book looks interesting, not the usual historic fiction, it's a graphic novel.

So any one read it?

Are the images accurate?

Is the story accurate?

In short is it any good?

[Stoppage Drill]

This quote from an Independent review would seem to give the kiss of death as far as contributors to this forum are concerned:-

"The events in the graphic novel are all historical, though he did invent a handful of characters to complement the real-life heroes – since the aim of the project was not 100 per cent accuracy, but to return the Hellfighters to the public mind."

[James A Pratt III]

I looked through the book in a library and would agree with the independent review of it. I would say it was sort of okay. The images did look fairly accurate for the most part. I didn't see anything really out of place but I didn't look that close either.

[Mark Hone]

It's apparently being made into a film by the actor Will Smith's production company and Sony.

[Steven Broomfield]

As long as they don't confuse them with the Harlem Globetrotters.

[Gardenerbill]

This quote from an Independent review would seem to give the kiss of death as far as contributors to this forum are concerned:-

"The events in the graphic novel are all historical, though he did invent a handful of characters to complement the real-life heroes – since the aim of the project was not 100 per cent accuracy, but to return the Hellfighters to the public mind."

I take your point that from a purely academic point of view the book is probably of no value, however I beleive that WW1 fiction has an important role in bringing the events to a wider audience and shouldn't our role on the forum when discussing a book be to point out primarilly if it misrepresents the facts?

[Martin Bennitt]

Why not read a historical account?

http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/samhar.html

Cheers Martin B