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Book

Jesse Owens : running into history

Call Number

  • J 921 OWENS (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2008.

Physical Description

43 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Summary

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

Subjects

Added Authors

Elaine Israel