| Jesse Owens: An American Life Contributor(s): Baker, William J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 025207369X ISBN-13: 9780252073694 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 Annotation: Born the tenth child of a poor Southern sharecropper and barely able to read or write, Jesse Owens would nevertheless go on to win an unprecedented four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, becoming an international superstar overnight and exploding Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy in the process. William J. Baker's Jesse Owens is the most complete and probing biography of Owens ever written, vividly detailing the successes and failures of this complex and troubled but ultimately indomitable figure who transcended his own athleticism and became an American icon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Sports & Recreation | Track & Field |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006006960 |
| Lexile Measure: 1210 |
| Series: Sport and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.04" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born the tenth child of a poor Southern sharecropper and barely able to read or write, Jesse Owens went on to win an unprecedented four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, becoming an international superstar and exploding Hitler's myth of Aryan supremecy in the process. This is his biography. |