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Who Was Jesse Owens?
Contributor(s): Buckley, James (Author), Who Hq (Author), Copeland, Gregory (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0448483076     ISBN-13: 9780448483078
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Track & Field
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Olympics
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: B
Age Level: 8-11
Grade Level: 3-6
Lexile Measure: 880(Not Available)
Series: Who Was?
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.8" W x 8" L (0.25 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 176433
Reading Level: 5.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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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.
 
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