Jesse Owens
Buckley, James, Jr., 1963-2020
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Jesse Owens is one of the most famous athletes of all time, but he experienced discrimination throughout his athletic career, such as having to stay at a different hotel to his teammates, because of the colour of his skin. However, he went on to win an incredible four gold medals at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games. This biography, ideal for kids aged 8-11, charts the major events of Jesse's life; from his childhood growing up on a farm in Alabama before his family moved to Ohio in search of better opportunities, to the beginning of his running career and years as a world record-breaking student athlete while working part-time jobs, all the way to the Olympics and beyond.
Main title:
Jesse Owens / by James Buckley, Jr. ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.
Author:
Buckley, James, Jr., 1963-, authorAger, Charlotte, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
Collation:
128 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241413845 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.42092796.4209796.42 BUCKJB OWE
Language:
English
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BRN:
462046
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