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Author:

Schraff, Anne E.

Title:

Wilma Rudolph : the greatest woman sprinter in history / Anne Schraff.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rudolph, Wilma,--1940---Juvenile literature.
Runners (Sports)--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women runners--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Rudolph, Wilma,--1940-
Track and field athletes.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-109) and index.

Contents:

The feeling of freedom -- Childhood struggle -- A star athlete is born -- The tigerbelle -- Rome--1960 -- Olympic afterglow -- Retirement and marriage -- Career and motherhood -- The foundation and the last walk -- The legacy of a champion.

Summary:

Profiles Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio to become an Olympic medal-winning runner.

Series:

African-American biographies

ISBN:

9780766022911 (lib. bdg.)
0766022919 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52819694

LCCN:

2003014971

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

30SX663 -- Osage High School (Osage)

ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)