Jesse Owens
Subtitle: trailblazing sprinter
By: by Chrös McDougall
Series: Legendary athletes
Publisher: ABDO Pub. Co.; ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edina, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781617147586
Subjects: Athletes; Biography; African American athletes; African Americans; Juvenile literature; Track and field athletes; African American track and field athletes
Description: Relates the story of the Olympic champ who had a huge impact on how African Americans were seen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-109) and index.
Table of contents: title: An unlikely friend; title: Son of a sharecropper; title: Moving to Ohio; title: The Buckeye bullet; title: A series of setbacks; title: The 1936 Olympics; title: No longer an amateur; title: Money maker; title: Stability at last; title: A legend.