Profiles in sports courage /
Rappoport, Ken.
Profiles in sports courage / Ken Rappoport. - 1st ed. - Atlanta : Peachtree, c2006. - 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-151).
Muhammad Ali "The Greatest" -- Lance Armstrong "Captain Courageous" -- Kerri Strug "Standing tall" -- Junko Tabei "No mountain too high" -- Junius Kellogg "Blowing the whistle" -- Jim Abbott "Beating the odds" -- Janet Guthrie "Fast Lane Lady" -- Jackie Robinson "The first" -- Gail Devers "Golden girl" -- Curt Flood "A flood tide" -- Rocky Bleier "Man on a mission" -- Ekaterina Gordeeva "Skating for Sergei".
Collection of 12 profiles of athletes who have faced significant challenges in their personal and professional lives that they have overcome through their own courage.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
1561453684 (hardcover) : $15.95 9781561453689
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2005029486
Athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Courage--Juvenile literature.
Athletes--Biography.
Courage.
GV697.A1 / R326 2006
796.0922/ / RAP
Profiles in sports courage / Ken Rappoport. - 1st ed. - Atlanta : Peachtree, c2006. - 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-151).
Muhammad Ali "The Greatest" -- Lance Armstrong "Captain Courageous" -- Kerri Strug "Standing tall" -- Junko Tabei "No mountain too high" -- Junius Kellogg "Blowing the whistle" -- Jim Abbott "Beating the odds" -- Janet Guthrie "Fast Lane Lady" -- Jackie Robinson "The first" -- Gail Devers "Golden girl" -- Curt Flood "A flood tide" -- Rocky Bleier "Man on a mission" -- Ekaterina Gordeeva "Skating for Sergei".
Collection of 12 profiles of athletes who have faced significant challenges in their personal and professional lives that they have overcome through their own courage.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
1561453684 (hardcover) : $15.95 9781561453689
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2005029486
Athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Courage--Juvenile literature.
Athletes--Biography.
Courage.
GV697.A1 / R326 2006
796.0922/ / RAP