Sutcliffe, Jane.

Jesse Owens / by Jane Sutcliffe ; illustrations by Janice Lee Porter. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2001. - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. - On my own biography .

Describes the life of track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens, from his childhood in Alabama and his family's move to Cleveland to his athletic career which culminated in his winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

ISBN: 1575054515 (lib. bdg.) 1575054876 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99050949

Subjects--Personal Names:
Owens, Jesse, 1913-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Track and field athletes--United States--Biography.
Track and field athletes.
Afro-Americans--Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV697.O9 / S89 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 796.42/092 B