Triumph: Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics

by JeremySchaap (Author)

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  Paperback
  2014

  $3.16

  The remarkable behind-the-scenes story of one of the most iconic clashes in sports and world history.

  In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American athlete won a staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.

  This is the incredible true story of one of the moment a black athlete beat Hitler at his own games.