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Triumph: Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African American athlete won a staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
With his incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a nuanced and riveting work of sports history.
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- Michael Ovenstone
- 16-12-2020
Accent changes helped
The accents helped distinguish characters even if they weren’t necessarily True Tone.
The story is about racism and discrimination with Nazi and African American stories woven in around a running event.
I enjoyed it but save 5 stars for an extraordinary tale.
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