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"Once, Jesse Owens raced in a storm, under black clouds, lit with horizontal rain, in the crosswinds, when dust, blew in his face. He experienced the sure fire of white heat, then, lightning crashed about him like cymbals. It was music playing from flutes, from lyres, from songs of Olympus in a Grecian chorus, in the orchestra of the immortals. He never really wanted to win the race with man. Jesse ran for the joy of the chase, his soul, wanting only to be free to touch the heels of paradise." Joshua Sellers and Bobby Gillman have made the American Olympic team, and are poised to run as Jewish-American athletes.But what happens to Joshua as he gets ready to run for an Olympic gold medal in the crosswinds, under the crooked cross of Nazi Berlin? Racing with irony through the veins of inevitable, bitter, history, Ghost Runners exposes the far-reaching menace of American anti-Semitism, and illuminates the truth about the American dream. It is also a story of friendship, in the face of a great rivalry. "I needed you, Josh," said Jesse Owens, "We were both on the same side. My place could only be first, if you were there, racing beside me." "Besides you? I wanted to run through you. I wanted to beat you in a foot race." For women, sports-minded men, and young adults, based on real events surrounding the 4 x 100 Meter Relay American Olympic team in Berlin,1936. Both a love story, a sports story, and a cautionary tale of friendship in a time of evil, the finish line is set in both the past and the future. An unforgettable, transforming odyssey. Ghost Runners: An Olympic Dream Betrayed. Robert Rubenstein.

About the Author :
I have taught special education in New York City for over thirty-seven years, and have been working on this for thirty-five. It is hard to finish that story, and of that doomed race, in that doomed crossing, at that doomed time. Only recently have I come to realize why Ghost Runners is a lifetime obsession: The effects of racial or gender discrimination never end. there is no justice, no mercy for its victims. ... presently updating the prequel to The Ghost Runners, a savage indictment of American racism and sexism in the roaring twenties, called The White Bridge. I spend my time teaching, swimming, or driving to Maryland and Virginia to be with my growing family.It's a blessing, beyond my imaginings.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781517649791
  • Publisher: Createspace
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 540 gr
  • ISBN-10: 151764979X
  • Publisher Date: 18 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: An Olympic Dream Betrayed: Big Print Edition
  • Width: 152 mm


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