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Fire on the track : Betty Robinson and the triumph of the early Olympic women Cover Image Book Book
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Fire on the track : Betty Robinson and the triumph of the early Olympic women

Montillo, Roseanne (author.).

Summary: "A group portrait of the female track stars who won gold at the Olympics--in 1928, 1932, and 1936--breaking barriers for female athletes and overcoming personal odds"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 1101906154
  • ISBN: 9781101906156
  • Physical Description: 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-273) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue -- Part one. Amsterdam, 1928 : On track ; A new arrival ; A new pair of shoes ; The debut ; Off to the races ; Off to the games ; The SS President Roosevelt ; Queen of the track ; A new Babe in town ; Welcome home -- Part two. Los Angeles, 1932 : Flying high ; Summer woes ; California dreaming ; Go west, young woman, go west -- Part three. Berlin, 1936 : The Nazi games ; Rebound ; Off to Berlin ; Phenoms -- Epilogue.

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Subject: Robinson, Betty 1911-1999
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Genre: Biographies.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 796.42 MON 2017 (Text) 31001101705730 Adult Non Fiction Available -
RPL - Northeast Branch 796.42092 Mon (Text) 33223008186289 Non-fiction Available -
Western Pocono Community Library B Robinson, Betty (Text) 31119000288929 Adult Biography Available -

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