Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction)

Description:

Traces the efforts of four American athletes from disparate backgrounds to win the gold medal for bobsledding during the 1932 Olympics, profiling how the American public, deep in the grip of the Great Depression, rallied around their achievements. --Publisher's description.

subjects: Olympic Winter Games (3rd : 1932 : Lake Placid, N.Y.),  Bobsledders,  Bobsledding,  Large type books,  Biography,  History,  Olympic athletes,  Olympic Winter Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01410622,  Athletes, united states,  Athletes, biography,  Winter olympics,  Winter sports,  Olympic Winter Games (3rd : 1932 : Lake Placid, N.Y.) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99016950 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n99016950,  Olympic Winter Games fast (OCoLC)fst01410622 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01410622

Places: United States

Times: 20th century