Jesse Owens by Jane Sutcliffe
From the time he was a young boy on a farm in Alabama until he received his fourth Olympic gold medal in Berlin in 1936, all Jesse Owens wanted to do was run. Overcoming sickness, poverty, and racial discrimination, Jesse worked hard, shattered many track and field records, and earned countless medals and trophies. But perhaps his greatest and most important accomplishment came when he stood up to the hatred of Adolf Hitler and proved that the belief in the superiority of German athletes was false. This beautifully illustrated and simply told biography tells the inspirational story of a man with strength of spirit and heart.
Jane Sutcliffe has written nineteen biographies for children. Highlights for Children, Boys' Life, and Appleseeds have all published her work. Leonardo's Monster, also published by Pelican, is her first novel. Sutcliffe has written biographies on Walt Disney, Paul Revere, Amelia Earhart, and John F. Kennedy since she was a toddler.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781575054513 |
| ISBN 10 | 1575054515 |
| Title | Jesse Owens |
| Author | Jane Sutcliffe |
| Series | On My Own Biographies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Carolrhoda Books |
| Year published | 2000-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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