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Triumph.
Newspapers.com Library Edition - World Collection Available from 1875 until 1877. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaap, Jeremy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American track and field athletes--Biography.
- Jewish athletes--United States--Biography.
- Owens, Jesse, -- 1913-1980.
- Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- African American track and field athletes--Biography.
- Jewish athletes--United States--Biography.
- Owens, Jesse, -- 1913-1980.
- Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Other Title:
- Triumph
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Head of Zeus, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The remarkable behind-the-scenes story of one of the most iconic clashes in sports and world history. In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American athlete won a staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler''s myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man. This is the incredible true story
- Contents:
- Cover; Welcome Page; Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue; PART I; Chapter 1: A Day to Remember; Chapter 2: Out of Alabama; Chapter 3: Vincible; Chapter 4: Heel Bones and a New Start; PART II; Chapter 5: The Judge and the Millionaire; Chapter 6: ""We Are with You, Adolf""; Chapter 7: A Blessing in Disguise; Chapter 8: Jew Kills Nazi; Chapter 9: A Friend and a Foe Felled; Chapter 10: Olympic Trials; PART III; Chapter 11: Olympia; Chapter 12: The Belle of the Ball; Chapter 13: The Battle Tent of Some Great Emperor; Chapter 14: The Youth of the World; Chapter 15: Day One; Chapter 16: Day Two
- Chapter 17: Day ThreeChapter 18: ""He Flies Like the Hindenburg"": Day Four; Chapter 19: The Relay; Epilogue; Plate Section; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About this Book; Reviews; About the Author; An Invitation from the Publisher; Copyright
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78408-168-X
- OCLC:
- 890980936
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