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Author:

Davis, Pauline, 1966- author.

Title:

Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis with T. R. Todd.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xv, 303 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Davis, Pauline,--1966-
Women sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
Sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
Olympic athletes--Bahamas--Biography.
Discrimination in sports.

Other Authors:

Todd, T. R., 1980- author.

Notes:

"Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics" -- from cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword, by Lord Sebastian Coe, president of world athletics -- Chapter 1: The starting line -- Chapter 2: A pearl is formed -- Chapter 3: The golden girl -- Chapter 4: Coming of age -- Chapter 5: The Crimson Tide -- Chapter 6: Peaks and valleys -- Chapter 7: Fall from grace -- Chapter 8: Redemption -- Chapter 9: The pact -- Chapter 10: Facing Goliath -- Chapter 11: 'Something isn't right' -- Chapter 12: Truth to power -- Afterword.

Summary:

"The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on to become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1538155494
9781538155493

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1256591113

LCCN:

2021026088

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)