Triumph : The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics

English

ISBN: 0618919104

EAN: 9780618919109

Category: Sports & Recreation / Olympics/Biography & Autobiography / Sports/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 12/24/2008

Age Range: 14-null

Synopsis: At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals and single-handedly demonstrated that Hitlers myth of Aryan supremacy was a lie. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and exhaustive archival research, Jeremy Schaap transports us to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed the Nazi Olympics. With his incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a nuanced and riveting work of sports history.

Triumph : The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.69 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 10.9 oz

Pages: 304