Overview
-- Elementary reading level biographies of inspiring African Americans.-- Will satisfy the need for younger biographies written with simple text.
-- Each book contains a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and comfortably sized type.
Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
Synopsis
-- Elementary reading level biographies of inspiring African Americans.
-- Will satisfy the need for younger biographies written with simple text.
-- Each book contains a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and comfortably sized type.
Children's Literature
With its large print, many black-and-white photos and picture book format, this biography of Jesse Owens can be read by young and/or reluctant readers. The five brief chapters cover his childhood, teen and college sports, the Berlin Olympics and his life after the Olympics, when, for a time he was "the most famous person in the entire world." Although necessarily brief and simplified, the authors tend to emphasize the social implications of Jesse Owens' life and accomplishments. While laudatory and upbeat, the book does not ignore the more sad or controversial aspects of his life. This revised edition of the 1992 book is part of the "Great African Americans" series. 2001 (orig. 1992), Enslow, $14.95. Ages 6 to 10. Reviewer: Gisela Jernigan