Jesse Owens: An American Life by Baker, William J.

Jesse Owens: An American Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252073694)

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Format: Paperback
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Jesse Owens: An American Life by Baker, William J.

Jesse Owens: An American Life

$25.95
Jesse Owens: An American Life by Baker, William J.

Jesse Owens: An American Life

$25.95
Format: Paperback
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Born the tenth child of a poor Southern sharecropper and barely able to read or write, Jesse Owens used his astonishing drive and athletic ability to win an unprecedented four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He became an international superstar overnight and exploded Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy in the process. This Press edition of the William J. Baker's acclaimed work offers the most complete and probing biography of Owens ever written, vividly detailing the successes and failures of this complex and troubled but ultimately indomitable figure.

Author: William J. Baker
ISBN-10: 025207369X
ISBN-13: 9780252073694
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 33
Multicultural Review 05/01/2007 pg. 13
By William J. Baker
By William J. Baker
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William J. Baker is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Maine. His books include Of Gods and Games: Religious Faith and Modern Sports, If Christ Came to the Olympics, and Sports in the Western World.

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