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Sterling Biographies®: Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero
By Jim Gigliotti
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | 7.5 | 23929 |
From humble beginnings and a childhood marked by disease and poverty, Jesse Owens sprinted to Olympic gold. His success in the 1936 Berlin games was a victory for equality--and an affront to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s view of Aryan supremacy. The story of this exceptional athlete will fascinate kids.
- Learn about his near-death experience at only 5 years old
- Relive the perfect day when Jesse broke three world recordsand equaled another
- See how an act of kindness to an opponent cost him a race, but won fans’ hearts.
- Follow his entire amazing Olympic triumph
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN-13: 9781402771491
ISBN-10: 1402771495
Published on 4/6/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
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