Title:
Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany / Andrew Maraniss.
ISBN:
9780525514633
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Philomel Books, 2019.
Physical Description:
217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Awards Note:
Honor book for the Sydney Taylor Book Award, (Middle grade / 2020)
Contents:
One man stood alone -- A sinister fac̦ade -- Inventing a game -- Do good and be pure -- Man on a mission -- The boycott question -- Meddling in the Olympics -- Mirror, mirror -- Hollywood stars -- Unrefined -- Big time -- Choices -- On their own -- You can't beat fun -- Welcome to Germany -- The anvil and the hammer -- The grandest show -- Village people -- Witnesses to history -- Neutral zone -- 110,000 bored Germans -- Tournament time -- Strangest game ever -- Center of the universe -- Full circle -- Afterword: Putting the pieces together -- All-time Olympic basketball results. 1936 Team USA roster ; 1936 Berlin Olympics: day-by-day.
Summary:
"The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany"-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader UG 8.8 8 507457
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1085638154
Availability:
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