Jesse Owens (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: William J. Baker
- First Published: 1986
- Time of Work: 1913–1980
- Setting: Lawrence County, Alabama; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; and Berlin, Germany
- Principal Characters: Jesse Owens, Henry Owens, Emma Owens, Ruth Solomon Owens, Charles Riley, Larry Snyder, Eulace Peacock, Avery Brundage
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Athletes, Sports, Olympic Games, Running, Track athletics
- Locales: Alabama, Berlin, Germany, Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH
Form and Content
In Jesse Owens: An American Life, William J. Baker presents a straight narrative of Owens’ life without exaggerating praise or criticism. The chapters move chronologically from a fairly brief description of Owens’ rural childhood through his youth in a Cleveland ghetto to his famous victories in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The ensuing events of Owens’ hectic and essentially unstable life are shown as results of the national and worldwide fame that he gained at this spectacular event. Fortunately, one of the great German directors filmed these...
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