• Who Was Jesse Owens?
Author(s): James Buckley,Gregory Copeland
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2015-08-11
Dimensions: 135 x 191 x 13mm
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Edition: Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds to become a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of "Aryan superiority." Owens's winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all.
Book Info
Author James Buckley, Gregory Copeland
Date Published 2015-08-11
Dimensions 135 x 191 x 13mm
Edition Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
First Author James Buckley
Format Hardback
Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified
ISBN 9780606367547
Language English
No. of Pages 112
Publisher Turtleback Books

Who Was Jesse Owens?

  • James Buckley
  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • ISBN: 9780606367547
  • Availability:In Stock
  • $472