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Rent Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
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Narrator: Michael Kramer
Format: Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
Published: Mar 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Sports
Retail Price: $59.99
Discs: 6
Synopsis
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 Olympics 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.