triumph the untold story of jesse owens and hitler's olympics

I bought this book not knowing a huge amount about Jesse Owens only the staple information that he won four gold medals in 1936 and the consequent impact of his victory in the face of Hitler's ideals. 'A remarkable job of tackling a complex subject and bringing it to life.' - John Feinstein 'Add even more luster to the indelibly heroic achievements of Jesse Owens.' - Ken Burns

triumph the untold story of jesse owens and hitler

With incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a 'snappy and dramatic' work of sports history ( Publishers Weekly ). Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and archival research, Jeremy Schaap transports us to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed the Nazi Olympics. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable man's courage. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single-handedly falsifying Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. This New York Times best-selling author's account of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin offers a 'vivid portrait not just of Owens but of '30s Germany and America' ( Sports Illustrated ). To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.

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Triumph the untold story of jesse owens and hitler's olympics