Queen of the track
Subtitle: Alice Coachman, Olympic high-jump champion
By: Heather Lang ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Contributors: Cooper, Floyd, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honesdale, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781590788509
Subjects: African American women track and field athletes; Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England); African American women athletes; Juvenile literature; Jumping
Description: This picture-book biography highlights the life and accomplishments of high-jumper Alice Coachman, who, at the 1948 Olympics in London, became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

Tells the story of Alice Coachman, an athlete from rural Georgia who made history as the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 5 and up.

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