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Author:
Mezger, Gabi.
Title:
The Jesse Owens story / by Gabi Mezger.
Publisher:
Perfection Learning,
Copyright Date:
c1997
Description:
55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Owens, Jesse,--1913-1980--Juvenile literature.
African American athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.
Olympics--History--Juvenile literature.
Owens, Jesse,--1913-1980.
Track and field athletes.
Olympics--History.
African Americans--Biography.
Summary:
The 1936 Olympics were in Berlin. Berlin is in Germany. Many bad things were happening in Germany. Adolf Hitler was in power. Many people were angry. They didn't like Hitler. They didn't like the way he treated Jews. But Jesse wanted to go to the Games. He trained every day. He wanted to win.
Series:
Cover-to-cover chapter books
ISBN:
9780780766907 (Cover Craft)
0780766903 (Cover Craft)
9780789120021 (pbk.)
078912002X (pbk.)
LCCN:
98194404
Locations:
LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

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