Jesse Owens (SPORTS HEROES AND LEGENDS)
Highlights the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, a track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, a time when Adolf Hitler was trying to prove the superiority of the Arian race.
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In another title in A & E Biography series, Streissguth profiles Jesse Owens, best known for winning four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Snubbed by Hitler, whose theories of Aryan superiority were dramatically undermined by the African American's victories, Owens returned to acclaim in the U.S., but not to a life of ease. Streissguth discusses Owens' youth as well as the personal, professional, and political challenges he faced in adulthood. Black-and-white photos appear throughout the book, and source notes and a bibliography are appended. A readable account of a remarkable and sometimes controversial life. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherTwenty-First Century Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0822530708
- ISBN 13 9780822530701
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages106
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