OWENS, Jesse.
Track and Field.
"One chance is all you need": First Edition of Track and Field; inscribed by the legendary Jesse Owens
New York: Atheneum, 1976.
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First edition of this manual on track and field, the legendary Olympian. Octavo, publisher's original orange cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my very good friend Gar - my best to one of God's finest - Jesse Owens 4-21-77." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Dick O'Connor. Jacket drawing by Robert J. Lee. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
American track and field athlete Jesse Owens became a four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history" (Litsky, 1980). Owens was ranked by ESPN as the sixth greatest North American athlete of the 20th century and the highest-ranked in his sport.
Track and Field.
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