Who Was Jesse Owens
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Who Was Jesse Owens
By (Author) James Buckley
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Gregory Copeland
Penguin Putnam Inc
G P Putnam's Sons
15th January 2017
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Athletics and gymnastics
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 135mm, Height 194mm, Spine 6mm
119g
Description
At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds tobecome a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of "Aryan superiority." Owens's winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all.
Author Bio
James Buckley, Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, includingWho Was Ernest Shackleton
