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Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis with T. R. Todd.
Van Pelt Library GV1061.15.D38 A3 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Pauline, 1966- author.
- Todd, T. R., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Pauline, 1966-.
- Davis, Pauline.
- Women sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
- Women sprinters.
- Sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
- Sprinters.
- Olympic athletes--Bahamas--Biography.
- Olympic athletes.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Bahamas.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 303 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on to become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Starting Line
- 2. A Pearl Is Formed
- 3. The Golden Girl
- 4. Coming of Age
- 5. The Crimson Tide
- 6. Peaks and Valleys
- 7. Fall from Grace
- 8. Redemption
- 9. The Pact
- 10. Facing Goliath
- 11. "Something Isn't Right"
- 12. Truth to Power.
- Notes:
- "Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics" -- from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Davis, Pauline, 1966- Running sideways
- ISBN:
- 9781538155493
- 1538155494
- OCLC:
- 1256591113
- Publisher Number:
- 99989829847
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