What are the Summer Olympics?

An overview of the Summer Olympics from Grecian times through 2012.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herman, Gail, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Marchesi, Stephen (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • What are the Summer Olympics?
  • The ancient Games, 776 BC-AD 393
  • The modern Games begin: late 1800s
  • The Olympics grow: the early 1900s
  • New Games: news stars, the 1920s
  • Politics enter the Games: the 1930s
  • After the war: late 1940s and 1950s
  • Time for change: the 1960s
  • Munich and Montreal: the 1970s
  • Dives and drugs: the 1980s
  • Dreams lost and found: the 1990s
  • A new century: the 2000s
  • At the close
  • Movies about the Olympics
  • Timelines.