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Author:

McDougall, Chrös.

Title:

Jesse Owens : trailblazing sprinter / by Chrs McDougall.

Publisher:

ABDO Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980--1913-1980--Juvenile literature.
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.--1913-1980.
Track and field athletes--Juvenile literature.--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American track and field athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American athletes--Juvenile literature.
Athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes.
African American track and field athletes.
African American athletes.
Athletes--United States.
African Americans--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-109) and index.

Contents:

An unlikely friend -- Son of a sharecropper -- Moving to Ohio -- The Buckeye bullet -- A series of setbacks -- The Nazi olympics -- End of amateurism -- Money maker -- Stability, at last -- A legend.

Summary:

Relates the story of the Olympic champ who had a huge impact on how African Americans were seen.

Series:

Legendary athletes.

ISBN:

1617147583 (lib. bdg.)
9781617147586 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)663953250

LCCN:

2010046697

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)