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Jesse Owens: An American Life Book

In 1936, Jesse Owens became the man who showed up Hitler and his ideas of racial superiority at the 1936 "Nazi Olympics" in Berlin. Back home in the US, he faced all the frustrations of a talented black man whose name alone was enough to make money -- for other people. This is a powerful biography of an athlete who never lost his dignity.Read More

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  • Product Description

    The tenth and last child of an Alabama sharecropper won an unprecedented four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Far from a simple rags-to-riches fable, Owens's story embodies the complex hopes, ideals, and convictions of a celebrated black athlete caught up in an era of turbulent social change. 16-page photo insert.

  • 0029017602
  • 9780029017609
  • William J. Baker
  • 7 March 1988
  • The Free Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • New edition
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