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Author victoria sherrow tells how wilma rudolphs determination led her to the 1956 and 1960 olympics where she gained fame as a champion runner. Being able to read her story, from her point of view was a great experience for me. Wilma rudolph is a wonderful choice for a womens history month biography study and black history month unit. Press button get download links and wait 20 seconds. This book is about wilma rudolph, an amazing athlete and human being, from my home town. Read this book to learn how wilma rudolph accomplished this and much more. Jul 01, 2000 wilma rudolph was the first of many great female american sprinters. New in the critically acclaimed little people, big dreams series, discover the life of wilma rudolph, the remarkable sprinter and olympic champion. This is the dramatic and inspiring true story of runner wilma rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals in a single olympics. The book itself was not necessarily wonderfully written, as it was not written by an author, though i did enjoy it. Im a loyal husband, proud father, freedomloving patriot, and a selfpublished author living in rural northern virginia. A biography of the africanamerican woman who overcame crippling polio as a. She knew she could walk again, and if she could walk, maybe she could run.
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The publisher has supplied this book in drm free form with digital watermarking. How wilma rudolph became the worlds fastest woman paperback february 1, 2000. By 2014 at least twentyone books on rudolphs life had been published for children from preschool youth to high school students. Wilma glodean rudolph was born on june 23, 1940, in saint bethlehem, tennessee. Wilma rudolph packed much into her fiftyfour years before she died of brain cancer in 1994. Wilma rudolph has faced incredible challenges since the time she was a baby. This charming book of photographs celebrates the wise insights of a special dog whose musings remind us to slow down and see the beauty in simple things. Since i first learned about her when i was 11, ive held a special place for wilma in my heart as an inspiration to women everywhere. Click download or read online button to get wilma unlimited book now. Or go to the olympic games and win three gold medals. Series found in childrens middle grade books a series of illustrated biographies for young readers featuring significant historical figures, including artists, scientists, and world leaders. She did not give up and went on to one day win olympic gold medals.
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