Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth by Michael Burgan

Olympic Gold 1936: How the Image of Jesse Owens Crushed Hitler's Evil Myth

Captured History Sports

Michael Burgan

64 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens history

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Jesse Owens' gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American...

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