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A Picture Book of Jesse Owens

People, Identity & Culture
Race & Racism
Author(s):
David A. Adler
Illustrator(s):
Robert Casilla
Age Group:
6-10
Publisher:
Holiday House
ISBN:
9780823410668
Year:
People, Identity & Culture
Race & Racism

A short biography of a sharecropper's son who became a four-time Olympic gold medalist.

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