track and field athletes

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track and field athletes

Jesse Owens

2020
"Jesse Owens smashed records throughout his track and field career. In 1936, he made history at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Owens won four gold medals, combating Adolf Hitler's message of Nazi superiority"--Provided by publisher.

I am a promise

"An inspiring children's picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican six-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce."--.

Jessie Owens

Looks at the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens.

Jesse Owens

fastest man alive
A biography of Jesse Owens, the African American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games.
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Jesse, the man who outran Hitler

1983
Autobiography of the black American athlete who, by winning the 100- and 200-meter dash, the 400-meter relay, and the broad jump at the 1936 Olympics, shattered Hitler's attempt to demonstrate "Aryan superiority.".
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Defying Hitler

Jesse Owens' Olympic triumph
2019
A nonfiction graphic work that describes African American runner Jesse Owens winning four gold medals in the 1936 summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.
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Handoff: Play for Keeps

2018
Tony is on the track team. He loves to run, but things get tough when he's put on a relay team. Orton Middle School has lots of sports teams. That's a lot of "Fighting Elks" -- and every one of them has a story.

A picture book of Jesse Owens

A simple biography of the noted African-American track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Pandora's box

As the Istanbul Olympics loom near and an injury threatens record-breaking sprinter Paris Troy's chances of winning a gold medal, Paris is tempted by his brother into using performance-enhancing drugs.
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A boy called twister

Kevin Walker is determined to be a loner at Tubman High so no one will discover the secret that forced his family to move, but when he becomes the star of the track team, his rising popularity threatens everything.
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