Age
10+
Grade
5-6
Jim Gigliotti
Sterling Biographies®: Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero
Paperback
(Sterling April 6, 2010)
, 1 edition
From humble beginnings and a childhood marked by disease and poverty, Jesse Owens sprinted to Olympic gold. His success in the 1936 Berlin games was a victory for equality--and an affront to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s view of Aryan supremacy. The story of this exceptional athlete will fascinate kids.
- Learn about his near-death experience at only 5 years old
- Relive the perfect day when Jesse broke three world recordsand equaled another
- See how an act of kindness to an opponent cost him a race, but won fans’ hearts.
- Follow his entire amazing Olympic triumph
- Series
- Sterling Biographies®
- ISBN
- 1402763611 / 9781402763618
- Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 6.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 0.5 in.
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