The Resource Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team, Elise Hooper
Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team, Elise Hooper
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- Summary
- In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago's Betty Robinson competed as a member of the first-ever women's delegation in track and field, and was feted as America's Golden Girl, until a nearly-fatal airplane crash threatens to end everything. Outside of Boston, Louise Stokes, one of the few black girls in her town, sees competing as an opportunity to overcome the limitations placed on her, and risks everything to join the Olympic team. From Missouri, tomboyish Helen Stephens dreams of escaping the hardships of her farm life through athletic success. As United States and Europe edge closer to the brink of war, Betty, Louise, and Helen must fight for the chance to compete as the fastest women in the world amidst the pomp and pageantry of the Nazi-sponsored 1936 Olympics in Berlin
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 486, 13 pages
- Note
- "Includes P.S.: insights, interviews & more..."--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780062937995
- Label
- Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team
- Title
- Fast girls
- Title remainder
- a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team
- Statement of responsibility
- Elise Hooper
- Title variation
- Fast girls
- Title variation remainder
- a novel of the 1936 womens Olympic team
- Subject
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- African American women -- Fiction
- trueBerlin, Germany
- Biographical fiction
- trueDiscrimination
- Fiction
- trueInternational competition
- Olympic Games, 1936, Berlin, Germany -- Fiction
- trueOlympic athletes
- Olympic athletes -- Fiction
- trueRace relations in sports
- trueRacism
- trueSexism
- Sports fiction
- trueTrack and field athletes
- trueUnited States
- trueWomen Olympic athletes
- Women Olympic athletes -- Fiction
- trueWomen Olympic medal winners
- trueWomen track and field athletes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago's Betty Robinson competed as a member of the first-ever women's delegation in track and field, and was feted as America's Golden Girl, until a nearly-fatal airplane crash threatens to end everything. Outside of Boston, Louise Stokes, one of the few black girls in her town, sees competing as an opportunity to overcome the limitations placed on her, and risks everything to join the Olympic team. From Missouri, tomboyish Helen Stephens dreams of escaping the hardships of her farm life through athletic success. As United States and Europe edge closer to the brink of war, Betty, Louise, and Helen must fight for the chance to compete as the fastest women in the world amidst the pomp and pageantry of the Nazi-sponsored 1936 Olympics in Berlin
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- 10903302
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- Hooper, Elise
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Olympic Games
- Women Olympic athletes
- Olympic athletes
- African American women
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- a novel of the 1936 women's Olympic team
- Label
- Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team, Elise Hooper
- Note
- "Includes P.S.: insights, interviews & more..."--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 486, 13 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062937995
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team, Elise Hooper
- Note
- "Includes P.S.: insights, interviews & more..."--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 486, 13 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062937995
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- African American women -- Fiction
- trueBerlin, Germany
- Biographical fiction
- trueDiscrimination
- Fiction
- trueInternational competition
- Olympic Games, 1936, Berlin, Germany -- Fiction
- trueOlympic athletes
- Olympic athletes -- Fiction
- trueRace relations in sports
- trueRacism
- trueSexism
- Sports fiction
- trueTrack and field athletes
- trueUnited States
- trueWomen Olympic athletes
- Women Olympic athletes -- Fiction
- trueWomen Olympic medal winners
- trueWomen track and field athletes
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