Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero by Jim Gigliotti

Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero

Jim Gigliotti

124 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional reflective fast-paced
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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 ...

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