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Title Who was Jesse Owens? / by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.
Author Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- author.
Publication Info. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2015]
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 Chickasaw  J B OWENS    Check Shelves
 North Orange  J B OWENS    Check Shelves
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Description 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Summary Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
Subject Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 -- Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American track and field athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.
Track and field athletes.
African American track and field athletes.
African Americans -- Biography.
Added Author Copeland, Gregory, illustrator.
ISBN 9780448483078 (pbk.)
0448483076 (pbk.)
9781480692152 (Paw Prints) : $14.99
1480692158 (Paw Prints)
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