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Triumph: Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

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Triumph: Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics - Schaap, Jeremy
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The remarkable behind-the-scenes story of one of the most iconic clashes in sports and world history. In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American athlete won a staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of ...

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Triumph: Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics 2014, Head of Zeus, London

ISBN-13: 9781784081690

Mass-market paperback