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Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis, T. R. Todd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Pauline, 1966- author.
- Todd, T. R., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Pauline, 1966-.
- Davis, Pauline.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Olympic athletes--Bahamas--Biography.
- Olympic athletes.
- Sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
- Sprinters.
- Women sprinters--Bahamas--Biography.
- Women sprinters.
- Bahamas.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- AUTHORS' NOTE
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- 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
- AFTERWORD
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42324-9
- 1-5381-5550-8
- OCLC:
- 1291317918
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