Who Was Jesse Owens? by James Buckley Jr

Who Was Jesse Owens? by James Buckley Jr

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.

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ISBN 13	9780448483078
ISBN 10	0448483076
Title	Who Was Jesse Owens?
Author	James Buckley Jr
Series	Who Was
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2015-08-11
Number of pages	112
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