Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis with T. R. Todd.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]Description: xv, 303 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538155493
  • 1538155494
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Running sidewaysDDC classification:
  • 796.42/2092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • GV1061.15.D38 A3 2022
Contents:
Foreword, by Lord Sebastian Coe, president of world athletics -- Chapter 1: The starting line -- Chapter 2: A pearl is formed -- Chapter 3: The golden girl -- Chapter 4: Coming of age -- Chapter 5: The Crimson Tide -- Chapter 6: Peaks and valleys -- Chapter 7: Fall from grace -- Chapter 8: Redemption -- Chapter 9: The pact -- Chapter 10: Facing Goliath -- Chapter 11: 'Something isn't right' -- Chapter 12: Truth to power -- Afterword.
Summary: "The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on to become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Odessa College Young Adult YA NF 796.42 RUNNIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 51994001716705

"Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics" -- from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword, by Lord Sebastian Coe, president of world athletics -- Chapter 1: The starting line -- Chapter 2: A pearl is formed -- Chapter 3: The golden girl -- Chapter 4: Coming of age -- Chapter 5: The Crimson Tide -- Chapter 6: Peaks and valleys -- Chapter 7: Fall from grace -- Chapter 8: Redemption -- Chapter 9: The pact -- Chapter 10: Facing Goliath -- Chapter 11: 'Something isn't right' -- Chapter 12: Truth to power -- Afterword.

"The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on to become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics"-- Provided by publisher.

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