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Author:

Edmondson, Jacqueline, 1967-

Title:

Jesse Owens : a biography / Jacqueline Edmondson.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xxii, 104 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Owens, Jesse,--1913-1980.
Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-100) and index.

Contents:

Strength and courage in rural Alabama -- The Owens family moves to Ohio -- The Buckeye bullet -- The 1936 Olympics -- Tenuous circumstances -- Civil unrest and the Black Freedom Movement -- Final glory.

Series:

Greenwood biographies

ISBN:

0313339880 (alk. paper)
9780313339882 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)141482819

LCCN:

2007021680

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)