Triumph : the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics /

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 i...

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Main Author:	Schaap, Jeremy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Boston : 2007
Subjects:	Glickman, Marty, > 1917-2001 Owens, Jesse, > 1913-1980 Stoller, Sam, > 1915-1983 Owens, Jesse, > 1913- Berlin > Olympische Spiele (1936) Olympic Games Olympic Games > (11th : > 1936 : > Berlin, Germany) 1900 - 1999 1900-1999 20th century African American athletes > Biography African American track and field athletes > Biography Jewish athletes > United States > Biography National socialism > Philosophy Olympics > Participation, American Racism > Germany > History > 20th century Track and field athletes > United States > Biography African American athletes African American track and field athletes History Jewish athletes Racism Track and field athletes Germany United States Biographies Biography collective biographies

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