The Achievers

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Julie Krone

unstoppable jockey
1996
Discusses the childhood, education, riding career, and personal life of the first woman jockey to win a Triple Crown race.

Bonnie Blair

golden streak
1994
A biography of the speed skater who has won more gold medals than any American woman in the Winter or Summer Olympics.

Hakeem Olajuwon

tower of power
1993
Chronicles the career of the NBA center from his journey from Nigeria to the University of Houston through his success in professional basketball.

Florence Griffith Joyner

dazzling Olympian
1989
A biography emphasizing the running career of the Olympic gold medalist who set new records in the 1988 Games in Seoul.

Neil Armstrong, space pioneer

1980
A biography of Neil Armstrong who, on July 20, 1969, as a member of the three-man Apollo 11 crew, became the first human being to walk on the moon.

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