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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 | - |