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Triumph : the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics / Jeremy Schaap.

by Schaap, Jeremy.

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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980.

Glickman, Marty, 1917-2001.

Stoller, Sam, 1915-1983.

Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)

Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.

African American athletes -- Biography.

Jewish athletes -- United States -- Biography.

Olympics -- Participation, American.

National socialism -- Philosophy.

Racism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

9780618919109 (pbk.)

0618919104 (pbk.)

xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

First Mariner books edition.

In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic 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. From the start, American participation in the games was controversial--a boycott attempt was thwarted by the president of the American Olympic Committee. Owens was befriended by a German rival, who helped Owens win the gold medal at his own expense; two Jewish sprinters were, at the last moment, denied the chance to compete for the United States out of misguided politeness to the Nazi hosts; and a myth was born that Hitler himself had snubbed Owens.--From publisher description.

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