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Author:

Lang, Heather.

Title:

Queen of the track : Alice Coachman, Olympic high-jump champion / Heather Lang ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Boyds Mills Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Coachman, Alice--Juvenile nonfiction.
Track and field athletes--Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women athletes--Juvenile nonfiction.--Juvenile nonfiction.
Athletes--Juvenile nonfiction.--Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans--Juvenile nonfiction.--Juvenile nonfiction.
Women--Juvenile nonfiction.--Juvenile nonfiction.

Other Authors:

Cooper, Floyd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Tells the story of Alice Coachman, an athlete from rural Georgia who made history as the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948.

ISBN:

1590788508
9781590788509

LCCN:

2011939994

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

VOPB384 -- Conrad Public Library (Conrad)

VYPA964 -- Fort Atkinson Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

FOPB224 -- McGregor Public Library (McGregor)

XYPC787 -- Eckels Memorial Library (Oakland)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

ZOPC437 -- Woodbine Carnegie Public Library (Woodbine) — JF