Jesse Owens
Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon Spotlight,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Simon Spotlight edition. |
| Series: | Ready-to-read. Megastar reader!
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| Summary: | Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the stadium. In 1936 Jesse Owens took a stand against racism and made history. --Publisher |
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| Item Description: | "Ready-to-Read." |
| Physical Description: | 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages: 5-7. |
| ISBN: | 9781481480956 1481480952 9781481480963 1481480960 |
| Author Notes: | Elizabet Vukovic is a freelance illustrator born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where she still resides. As a kid she had quite an imagination, which she expressed mostly on paper, since acting out her ideas was an annoyance to her siblings. She now devotes herself fulltime to illustration for children and other venues. When not obsessing about art (which isn't very often) Elizabet enjoys long bicycle rides, traveling, and bugging her elderly cats. |
