Who was Jesse Owens?
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Who was Jesse Owens?
AUTHOR:
Buckley, James, Jr., 1963-
Copeland, Gregory.
ISBN:
9780448483078
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, c2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
106 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
SERIES:
Who was ... ?
SERIES_TITLE:
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ABSTRACT:
Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
Who Was Jesse Owens? -- Home in Alabama -- Heading North -- School Days -- College Man -- An Amazing Day -- An Olympic Trip -- A Legend is Born -- Golden Moments -- Life After the Olympics -- A Legacy of Strength -- Timelines.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
| Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| African American track and field athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 -- Juvenile literature. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
Who Was Jesse Owens? -- Home in Alabama -- Heading North -- School Days -- College Man -- An Amazing Day -- An Olympic Trip -- A Legend is Born -- Golden Moments -- Life After the Olympics -- A Legacy of Strength -- Timelines.