Jeremy Schaap's Triump is a recap of the Berlin Olympics, including the mythology surrounding Jesse Owens' encounter with Adolf Hitler.
Fun Fact
Owens campaigned for Republican Alf Landon in 1936, saying, ''Hitler
didn't snub me — it was [FDR] who snubbed me. The president didn't even
send me a telegram.''
Final Score
There's still an untold story: Schaap relies on U.S. sportswriters,
virtually ignoring German accounts. B-
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