Who Was Jesse Owens?

Name: Who Was Jesse Owens?
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At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds tobecome a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of "Aryan superiority." Owens's winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all.

Author Biography:

James Buckley, Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, includingWho Was Ernest Shackleton?

Release date NZ

August 11th, 2015

Author

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Contributor

Illustrated by Gregory Copeland

Interest Age

From 8 to 12 years

Pages

112

Series

Who Was...?

Dimensions

135x194x6

ISBN-13

9780448483078

Product ID

22959808

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