Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Jo Harper

Other authorsMeryl Henderson (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Local notes

921 RUD

Barcode

5567

Collection

LS/GENERAL [#]

Tags

(921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), American History, Historical Fiction, RUDOLPH-WILMA 1940-1994-BIOGRAPHY, Athletes, Track and Field, OLYMPICS-BIOGRAPHY, Sports_Biography, Sports, Olympics, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Women, WOMEN_SPORTS, Women's History, Small Green Dot, Pentathlon, Greek Games, Black History Month

Series

Childhood of Famous Americans II

Genres

Publication

Aladdin (2004), 184 pages

Description

A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

184 p.; 5.13 inches

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Pages

184

Rating

(2 ratings; 4.3)

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