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Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany

Title: Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany / Andrew Maraniss.
Author: Maraniss, Andrew
Publication: New York : Philomel Books, 2019.

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Description

217 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany"--
On a scorching hot day in July 1936, thousands of people cheered as the U.S. Olympic teams boarded the SS Manhattan, bound for Berlin. Among the athletes were the fourteen players representing the first-ever U.S. Olympic basketball team. As thousands of supporters waved American flags on the docks, it was easy to miss the one courageous man holding a Boycott Nazi Germany sign. But it was too late for a boycott now; the ship had already left the harbor. 1936 was a turbulent time in world history. Adolf Hitler had gained power in Germany three years earlier. Jewish people and political opponents of the Nazis were the targets of vicious mistreatment, yet were unaware of the horrors that awaited them in the coming years. But the Olympians on board the SS Manhattan and other international visitors wouldn't see any signs of trouble in Berlin. Streets were swept, storefronts were painted, and every German citizen greeted them with a smile. Like a movie set,it was all just a facade, meant to distract from the terrible things happening behind the scenes. This is the incredible true story of basketball from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891 to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events, and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. --

Alternative Title

True story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany

Subject

Genre/Form

Young adult literature.
Informational works.
History.
Juvenile works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

Ages 12 up
Grades 7-9

Awards (note)

Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Honor book, 2020.

Contents

One man stood alone -- A sinister fac̦ade -- Inventing a game -- Do good and be pure -- Man on a mission -- The boycott question -- Meddling in the Olympics -- Mirror, mirror -- Hollywood stars -- Unrefined -- Big time -- Choices -- On their own -- You can't beat fun -- Welcome to Germany -- The anvil and the hammer -- The grandest show -- Village people -- Witnesses to history -- Neutral zone -- 110,000 bored Germans -- Tournament time -- Strangest game ever -- Center of the universe -- Full circle -- Afterword: Putting the pieces together -- All-time Olympic basketball results. 1936 Team USA roster ; 1936 Berlin Olympics: day-by-day.

Call Number

JFE 20-5406

ISBN

9780525514633
0525514635
9781713701095
171370109X
9780525514640 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019034029

OCLC

1085638154

Author

Maraniss, Andrew, author.

Title

Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany / Andrew Maraniss.

Publisher

New York : Philomel Books, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Ages 12 up Philomel Books.

Grades 7-9 Philomel Books.

Awards

Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Honor book, 2020.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5406

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