Lives of the athletes
Subtitle: thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought)
By: written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
Contributors: Hewitt, Kathryn, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780152008062
Subjects: Athletes; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: Presents twenty true stories of athletes--mostly admirable, occasionally quirky--whose physical accomplishments create a world of thrills and spills.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
Table of contents: title: Jim Thorpe; title: Duke Kahanamoku; title: Babe Ruth; title: Red Grange; title: Johnny Weissmuller; title: Gertrude Ederle; title: Babe Didrikson Zaharias; title: Sonja Henie; title: Jesse Owens; title: Jackie Robinson; title: Sir Edmund Hillary; title: Maurice Richard; title: Maureen Connolly; title: Roberto Clemente; title: Wilma Rudolph; title: Arthur Ashe; title: Peter Maravich; title: Bruce Lee; title: Pele; title: Flo Hyman.