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c2008., Pre-adolescent, Collins Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Time for kids biographiesSummary Note: An illustrated biography of Jesse Owens, an African-American track and field athlete who won four gold medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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c2008., Juvenile, Collins Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Time for kids biographies.Summary Note: Presents the life of track and field athlete Jesse Owens focusing on his childhood, family, education, Coach Riley,and the Great Depression. Later Jesse tried out for the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and discovered he was not ready to run at that level. But somewhat later he kept training, breaking some world records and tying others, and then Jesse entered Ohio State University in 1933 and prepared to qualify at the trials in New City and left for the Olympics in Germany where American won only sixty-six medals.