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Triumph : the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics / Jeremy Schaap.
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the 1936 Olympic games hosted by Germany, America's threat to boycott the games, and the four Olympic gold medals won by African-American athlete Jesse Owens, whose performance crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
Record details
- ISBN: 0618688226 (trade bdg.)
- Physical Description: xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- A day to remember -- Out of Alabama -- Vincible -- Heelbones and a new start -- Hitler's Olympics -- The judge and the millionaire -- "We are with you, Adolf" -- Winter 1936 -- A friend and a foe felled -- Olympic trials -- Olympia -- The belle of the ball -- The battle tent of some great emperor -- The youth of the world -- Day one -- Day two -- Day three -- He flies like the Hindenburg -- The relay -- Epilogue. |
| Citation/References Note: | Library Journal, April 2007 Publisher's Weekly, November 2006 Kirkus Starred, November 2006 |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Public Library | BIO OWENS Schaap 2007 | 39851000865973 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Jeremy Schaap is the author of the New York Times bestseller Cinderella Man. An ESPN anchor and national correspondent, his work has been published in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Parade, TV Guide, and the New York Times. He has also appeared on ABC's World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News. He is the son of the award-winning journalist Dick Schaap.