Triumph The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

Name: Triumph The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
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ISBN: 9780618919109

ISBN-10: 0618919104

ISBN-13: 9780618919109

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeremy Schaap

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In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitlers myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and exhaustive archival research, Jeremy Schaap transports us to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed the Nazi Olympics. With his trademark…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Prologue






A Day to Remember



Out of Alabama



Vincible



Heel Bones 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": Day Four



The Relay


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index