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Runner: Harry Jerome, World's Fastest Man
Contributor(s): Charles, Norma (Author)
ISBN: 0889955530     ISBN-13: 9780889955530
Publisher: Red Deer Press
OUR PRICE:   $11.66  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2018
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Canada
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Track & Field
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 154 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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From a skinny little kid growing up in St Boniface, Manitoba, Harry Jerome rose to become "the fastest man in the world," a title he held for an incredible eight years in the 1960s. He competed at the University of Oregon and represented Canada in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Summer Olympics. During his career, he set seven world records. Harry Jerome achieved all of this in spite of the prejudice he and his family consistently had to fight against because of their African-Canadian heritage.

In this engaging and inspiring novel, acclaimed children's writer Norma Charles has woven together Harry's fascinating life story from information gathered through research, interviews with his family, friends and coach and from her own memories of watching his races at University of British Columbia when she was a student there.