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Jim Thorpe...Babe Didrikson...Jesse Owens...Michael Johnson...Tara Lipinski...the finest young athletes fighting in the fiercest competition. Pulitzer Prize -- winning sportswriter Dave Anderson chronicles the Olympic Games, from the ancient Greek festival of the history books to the ultimate international spectacle they are today. Here are the world's greatest athletes from track-and-field, from ice and slopes, from pool and arena. With dozens of action photographs that capture the thrill, the drama, the triumph that is the game of games -- the Olympics. Book jacket.Anderson, Dave is the author of 'Story of the Olympics' with ISBN 9780688176402 and ISBN 0688176402.
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