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Schaap, Jeremy.
Subjects
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.
Stoller, Sam, 1915-1983.
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
African American athletes -- Biography.
Jewish athletes -- United States -- Biography.
Olympics -- Participation, American.
National socialism -- Philosophy.
Racism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Triumph : the untold...
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Triumph
: the
untold
story
of
Jesse
Owens
and
Hitler
's
Olympics
/ Jeremy Schaap.
by
Schaap, Jeremy.
Boston : Mariner Books, 2008. 2008.
Subjects
Owens
,
Jesse
, 1913-1980.
Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.
Stoller, Sam, 1915-1983.
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
African American athletes -- Biography.
Jewish athletes -- United States -- Biography.
Olympics
-- Participation, American.
National socialism -- Philosophy.
Racism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Summary:
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.
Description:
xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Edition:
1st Mariner Books ed.
Contents:
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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