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Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper

Title
Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper / Ann Malaspina ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez.
Author
Malaspina, Ann, 1957-
Publication
Chicago : Albert Whitman, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Velasquez, Eric
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.
Subjects
Note
  • Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
Sc F 18-162
ISBN
9780807580356
LCCN
2011008564
OCLC
2011008564
Author
Malaspina, Ann, 1957-
Title
Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper / Ann Malaspina ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez.
Imprint
Chicago : Albert Whitman, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Velasquez, Eric, ill.
Research Call Number
Sc F 18-162
JFF 13-1135
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