Kimmel, Allison Crotzer,

Unbeatable Betty : the first female Olympic track & field gold medalist / by Allison Crotzer Kimmel ; illustrated by Joanie Stone. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

A picture-book biography of Betty Robinson, who "at only sixteen years old ... became the first female gold medalist in track and field in the 1928 Olympics and an overnight sensation. She was set for gold again and had her eyes on the 1932 Olympics. Her plans changed forever when a horrible plane crash left her in a wheelchair, with one leg shorter than the other. But Betty didn't let that stop her. In less than five years, she relearned how to stand, to walk, and finally to run again and try to taste gold once more in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin"--Publisher marketing.

ISBN: 9780062896070 0062896075

Subjects--Personal Names:
Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women Olympic athletes--United States--Biography.
Women runners--United States--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: GV1061.15.R62 / K56 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 796.42092 B