Name: Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
SKU: 54341659
Price: 251.00 ZAR
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Author: Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781547608980

Type

Physical Book

Author

Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrated by

Eric Velasquez

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4x25.4x0.3 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781547608980

Synopsis "Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive"

In paperback for the first time, the compelling story of the famous Black Olympian who stood up to Hitler. Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but adversity didn't stop him. After setting world records for track in high school and college, he won a slot on the 1936 U.S. Olympic team. That year, the Olympics were held in Nazi Germany, where Adolf Hitler believes the Games would prove to the world that people like him were superior to all others. But Jesse, a sharecropper's son, would ultimately topple Hitler's hopes, winning four gold medals and the hearts of millions to become known as the fastest man alive. The story of Jesse Owens comes alive for young readers with Carole Boston Weatherford's award-winning free verse poetry and Eric Velasquez's stunning art.

Eric Velasquez

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Eric Velásquez is an American author and illustrator of Afro-Puerto Rican descent, born in New York and raised in Spanish Harlem. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1983. Before focusing on illustrated books, he worked on cover design and interior illustrations for various publications

His first illustrated book was "The Piano Man" (1998), which earned him the John Steptoe New Talent Award in 1999. In 2011, he received the Pura Belpré Award for "Grandma's Gift". Another notable work is "Looking for Bongo" (2016), a children's story that follows a boy in search of his lost toy. Velásquez has been recognized for his ability to capture the essence of the Afro-Latino experience in the United States through his detailed and expressive illustrations.

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