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The forgotten legacy of Stella Walsh : the greatest female athlete of her time / Sheldon Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Sheldon R., 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walsh, Stella, 1911-1980.
- Walsh, Stella.
- Women track and field athletes--Poland--Biography.
- Women track and field athletes.
- Women track and field athletes--United States--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
- Summary:
- Stella Walsh, who was born in Poland but raised in the United States, competed for Poland at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, winning gold and silver in the 100 meters.Running and jumping competitively for three decades, Walsh also won more than 40 U.S.national championships and set dozens of world records.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- From Russian Poland to Cleveland's Slavic Village
- Cleveland's Twentieth Century Flyer
- Stanislawa Walasiewicz Runs for Poland
- Winning Olympic Gold and a Challenge from Missouri
- Stella Walsh and Helen Stephens at the Nazi Olympics
- The Greatest Woman Athlete
- The Move to Los Angeles and an Arranged Marriage
- Back to Cleveland and the Murder
- Saving Stella Walsh
- Epilogue
- List of References
- Index
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 969567545
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