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  • Schaap, Jeremy.
     
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  • Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
     
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  • Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.
     
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  • Stoller, Sam, 1915-1983.
     
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  • Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
     
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  • Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
     
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  • African American athletes -- Biography.
     
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  • Jewish athletes -- United States -- Biography.
     
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  • Olympics -- Participation, American.
     
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  • National socialism -- Philosophy.
     
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    Triumph : the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics / Jeremy Schaap.
    by Schaap, Jeremy.
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    Boston : Mariner Books, 2008. 2008.
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  • Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
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  • Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.
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  • Stoller, Sam, 1915-1983.
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  • Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
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  • Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
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  • African American athletes -- Biography.
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  • Jewish athletes -- United States -- Biography.
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  • Olympics -- Participation, American.
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  • National socialism -- Philosophy.
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  • Racism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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    In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports--but it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man. From the start, American participation in the games was controversial--a boycott attempt was thwarted by the president of the American Olympic Committee. Owens was befriended by a German rival, who helped Owens win the gold medal at his own expense; two Jewish sprinters were, at the last moment, denied the chance to compete for the United States out of misguided politeness to the Nazi hosts; and a myth was born that Hitler himself had snubbed Owens.--From publisher description.
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    xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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    1st Mariner Books ed.
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    Prologue -- A day to remember -- Out of Alabama -- Vincible -- Heelbones and a new start -- The judge and the millionaire -- "We are with you, Adolf" -- A blessing in disguise -- Jew kills Nazi -- A friend and a foe felled -- Olympic trials -- Olympia -- The belle of the ball -- The battle tent of some great emperor -- The youth of the world -- Day one -- Day two -- Day three -- He flies like the Hindenburg -- The relay -- Epilogue.
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