Jesse Owens: An American Life

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 08/01/2006
ISBN: 9780252073694
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.88d

Review Citations: Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 33
Multicultural Review 05/01/2007 pg. 13