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Author:

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Title:

Jesse Owens : fastest man alive / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez.

Publisher:

Walker & Co,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Velasquez, Eric, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Presents the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, an African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, and dashed Hitler's hopes for an Aryan domination of the Games.

Indexed by:

Kirkus 12/01/2006.
PW 01/01/2007.
SLJ Mar 2007.

ISBN:

0802795501
9780802795502

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

YBPC572 -- Central City Public Library (Central City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson) — JB Ow

YIPB062 -- Shellsburg Public Library (Shellsburg)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)