| Massacre in Munich: How Terrorists Changed the Olympics and the World Contributor(s): Nardo, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756552923 ISBN-13: 9780756552923 Publisher: Compass Point Books OUR PRICE: $33.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Photography - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Violence |
| Dewey: 796.480 |
| LCCN: 2015049426 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Captured History Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 9.5" W x 10.3" (1.00 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 179389 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An attack at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games would produce one of the defining images of international terrorism. The chilling photo of a hooded man peering from a balcony in the Olympic Village would be viewed worldwide as a horrific symbol of global terrorism. The man wearing a mask with cutout slits for his eyes was a member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. He and his fellow terrorists had seized 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation and were holding them hostage. They would kill them all as the tragedy unfolded. What had been dubbed the "happy Olympics" would be forever remembered as the Munich massacre. The Olympics would never the same. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nardo, Don: - Noted historian and award-winning author Don Nardo has written many books for young people about American history. Nardo lives with his wife, Christine, in Massachusetts. |