A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780823442706
ISBN-13 : 0823442705
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by : David A. Adler

Before Usain Bolt or Tyson Gay, Bob Beamon or Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens was perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. Jesse Owens was born on a farm to a large family with many siblings. His grandparents had been slaves, and his sharecropper parents were poor. But against all odds, Jesse went on to become one of the greatest athletes in history. He learned to run with such grace that people said he was a "floating wonder." After setting multiple world records as a college athlete, including three in less than an hour—"the greatest 45 minutes in sport"—Owens competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Adolf Hitler intended for the games to display Aryan superiority, but Jesse disrupted that plan. He became the first American track-and-field athlete to receive four Olympic gold medals and established his legacy as a hero in the face of prejudice. This child friendly entry in David A. Adler's well-known series contains an accessible mix of biography, facts, and history supported with lifelike illustrations. Back matter includes an author's note and a timeline. For almost thirty years, David Adler’s Picture Book Biography series has profiled famous people who changed the world. Colorful, kid-friendly illustrations combine with Adler’s “expert mixtures of facts and personality” (Booklist) to introduce young readers to history through compelling biographies of presidents, heroes, inventors, explorers, and adventurers. These books are ideal for first and second graders interested in history or who need reliable sources for school book reports.

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 082340966X
ISBN-13 : 9780823409662
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by : David A. Adler

A simple biography of the noted black track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

A Picture Book of Jesse Owens
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ISBN-10 : 0845411616
ISBN-13 : 9780845411612
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis A Picture Book of Jesse Owens by : David A. Adler

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9780802795502
ISBN-13 : 0802795501
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Jesse Owens by : Carole Boston Weatherford

A simple biography of one of the most inspirational athletes in history.

Who Was Jesse Owens?

Who Was Jesse Owens?
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9780698412354
ISBN-13 : 0698412354
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Was Jesse Owens? by : James Buckley, Jr.

At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds to become a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of “Aryan superiority.” Owens’s winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all.

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens
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Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages : 35
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ISBN-10 : 9780711245822
ISBN-13 : 0711245827
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Jesse Owens by : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Part of the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, Jesse Owens tells the inspiring story of this track and field legend.

Just Like Jesse Owens

Just Like Jesse Owens
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9781338839890
ISBN-13 : 1338839896
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Just Like Jesse Owens by : Andrew Young

Civil rights icon, Ambassador Andrew Young and his daughter, Paula Young Shelton, deliver a powerful oral history about a special day in Andrew’s childhood that changed him forever. This story of race relations in the 1930s South is illustrated by bestselling Caldecott Honor winner Gordon C. James. As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, "Don't get mad, get smart." To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens racing toward Olympic gold, showing the world that the best way to promote equality is to focus on the finish line. The teaching of his parents, and Jesse Owens' example, would be the guiding principles that shaped Andrew's beliefs in nonviolence and built his foundation as a civil rights leader and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The story is vividly recalled by Paula Young Shelton, Andrew's daughter.

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens
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Publisher : Millbrook Press
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9781728420868
ISBN-13 : 1728420865
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Jesse Owens by : Blake Hoena

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! In 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn't account for African-American sprinter and long jumper James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, who smashed records throughout his track and field career. Owens turned Hitler's Olympic vision on its head by winning four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump. Along the way, he broke or equaled nine Olympic records and set three world records. In graphic nonfiction style, this biography takes readers from Owens's early life to his historic athletic triumphs.

In Black And White

In Black And White
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 9781471134722
ISBN-13 : 1471134725
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis In Black And White by : Donald McRae

In 1936 athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics and, two years later, boxer Joe Louis won a crushing victory to become heavyweight champion of the world. Despite their fame and success, both men would find themselves barred from certain hotels and would have to eat outside restaurants because of the colour of their skin. However. by their example, they gave hope to millions of black people around the world as they became the first black superstars. In Donald McRae's William Hill prize-winning dual biography, he compiles a brilliant portrait of the two men, who became close friends despite their very different career paths: within days of Olympic glory, Owens was banned from competing again, and was forced to spend his days racing against horses to earn a living before becoming a spokesman for the sporting ideal. Meanwhile Louis won and lost a fortune, eventually battling with drug addiction and mental illness. His vivid account of their lives away from the public eye, and the era in which they lived, is compelling and tragic.

Triumph

Triumph
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Publisher : HMH
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780547527260
ISBN-13 : 0547527268
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Triumph by : Jeremy Schaap

This New York Times–bestselling author’s account of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin offers a “vivid portrait not just of Owens but of ’30s Germany and America” (Sports Illustrated). At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single-handedly falsifying Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable man’s courage. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and 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 incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a “snappy and dramatic” work of sports history (Publishers Weekly). “A remarkable job of tackling a complex subject and bringing it to life.” —John Feinstein “Add[s] even more luster to the indelibly heroic achievements of Jesse Owens.” —Ken Burns