ThisNewYorkTimesbest-sellingauthor’saccountofthe1936OlympicsinBerlinoffersa“vividportraitnotjustofOwensbutof’30sGermanyandAmerica“(SportsIllustrated).Atthe1936Olympics,againstabackdropofswastikasandgoose-steppingstormtroopers,anAfricanAmericansonofsharecropperswonastaggeringfourgoldmedals,single-handedlyfalsifyingHitler’smythofAryansupremacy.ThestoryofJesseOwensattheBerlingamesisthatofanathleticperformancethattranscendssports.Itisalsotheintimateandcomplextaleofoneremarkableman’scourage.DrawingonunprecedentedaccesstotheOwensfamily,previouslyunpublishedinterviews,andarchivalresearch,JeremySchaaptransportsustoGermanyandtellsthedramatictaleofOwensandhisfellowathletesatthecontestdubbedtheNaziOlympics.Withincisivereportingandrichstorytelling,Schaaprevealswhatreallyhappenedoverthosetense,exhilaratingweeksina“snappyanddramatic“workofsportshistory(PublishersWeekly).“Aremarkablejoboftacklingacomplexsubjectandbringingittolife.“--JohnFeinstein“Add[s]evenmorelustertotheindeliblyheroicachievementsofJesseOwens.“--KenBurns
