Triumph : Jesse Owens & Hitler's Olympics
Schaap, Jeremy2014
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As hosts of the summer Olympics of 1936, Nazi Germany would open its doors to a world divided between admiration and horror. No one was more aware of this than the Führer himself. Hitler was determined these games would promote his regime, but a young American athlete threatened to ruin his plan. Jesse Owens, the 22-year-old son of African-American sharecroppers, had been building a reputation for himself as a formidable athlete. He went on to win four gold medals, demonstrating better than any politican could the flaws in Hitler's racist beliefs. This is the incredible story of one of the most iconic clashes in sports and world history.
Main title:
Triumph : Jesse Owens & Hitler's Olympics / Jeremy Schaap.
Author:
Schaap, Jeremy, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2014.
Collation:
xv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784081690 (pbk)9781784081683 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
796.4'2'092
Language:
English
BRN:
197976
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