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Author McDougall, Chros.

Title Jesse Owens : trailblazing sprinter / by Chros McDougall.

Imprint Edina, MN : ABDO Pub. Co., c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Biography  B McDOUGALL    ---  Available
Description 112 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Series Legendary athletes
Legendary athletes.
Summary Relates the story of the Olympic champ who had a huge impact on how African Americans were seen.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-109) and index.
Contents Unlikely friend -- Son of a sharecropper -- Moving to Ohio -- Buckeye bullet -- Series of setbacks -- 1936 Olympics -- No longer an amateur -- Money maker -- Stability at last -- A legend.
Study Program Accelerated Reader RL 7.1 2.0 PCMS
Subject Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 -- Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American track and field athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American athletes -- Juvenile literature.
Athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Track and field athletes.
African American track and field athletes.
African American athletes.
Athletes -- United States.
African Americans -- Biography.
ISBN 9781617147586 (lib. bdg. : recy. paper)
1617147583 (lib. bdg. : recy. paper)

 
    
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