"!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
