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Jesse Owens Books
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I am Jesse Owens (Ordinary People Change the World)
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avg rating 4.53 — 59 ratings — published 2024
Jesse Owens (On My Own Biography)
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avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 2000
A Picture Book of Jesse Owens (Picture Book Biography)
by (shelved 1 time as jesse-owens)
avg rating 4.06 — 100 ratings — published 1992
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as jesse-owens)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,886 ratings — published 2007
Jesse Owens: Olympic Star (Great African Americans Series)
by (shelved 1 time as jesse-owens)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 1992
“I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.”
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“If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.”
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