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Author Lang, Heather.

Title Queen of the track : Alice Coachman, Olympic high-jump champion / Heather Lang ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Imprint Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 796.43 Lan    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Source NBK 4/12 PPLY
Subject Coachman, Alice -- Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women Olympic athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Jumping -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature.
Coachman, Alice.
African American women athletes.
Track and field athletes.
Women Olympic athletes.
Jumping.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)
Added Author Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
ISBN 9781590788509 (lib. bdg.)
1590788508 (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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