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
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2015 Click for more in this series: Who Was? |
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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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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