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Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history

Title
Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis with T. R. Todd.
Author
Davis, Pauline, 1966-
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

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Additional Authors
Todd, T. R., 1980-
Description
xv, 303 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
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"--
Subject
  • Davis, Pauline, 1966-
  • Women sprinters > Bahamas > Biography
  • Sprinters > Bahamas > Biography
  • Olympic athletes > Bahamas > Biography
  • Discrimination in sports
  • Olympic athletes
  • Sprinters
  • Women sprinters
  • Bahamas
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Note
  • "Foreword by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics" -- from cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc E 22-528
ISBN
  • 9781538155493
  • 1538155494
LCCN
2021026088
OCLC
1256591113
Author
Davis, Pauline, 1966- author.
Title
Running sideways : the Olympic champion who made track and field history / Pauline Davis with T. R. Todd.
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Todd, T. R., 1980- author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-528
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