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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV1061.15.D38 A3 2022 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- Genre/Form
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Autobiographies.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781538155493
- 1538155494
- 9781538155509 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021026088
- 40030966427
- OCLC
- on1256591113
- 1256591113
- SCSB-14293528
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library