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- Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. This inspiring story is based on the real lives of three little-known trailblazing women Olympians.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/52584241-fast-girlsFast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team - Goodreads
These three women, along with others, converge on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin determined both to crush Adolf Hitler’s dream of German athletic victories and to prove to the world that women belong on the track. Hooper has delivered a stunning, multi-layered gem of a novel.
Nov 18, 2020 · Review: Fast Girls by Elise Hooper. Category: Adult fiction (historical) Pages: 512. Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Summary (from the inside flap of the book): In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago’s Betty Robinson competes as a member of the first-ever women’s delegation in track and field.
Jun 7, 2020 · Fast Girls tells a remarkable story based on the lives of three young women: Betty Robinson, Helen Stephens, and Louise Stokes, who were aspiring professional runners and who ultimately worked their way towards a place on the 1936 US Olympic track team for the Olympics in Berlin.
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Jul 7, 2020 · FAST GIRLS is an inspiring tale set in a time when the world viewed women as fragile and excitable, but Hooper’s main characters, three tenacious, true-to-life young women comprising the 1936 women’s track and field Olympic team, won’t be subdued by societal expectations.
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Jul 7, 2020 · Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in...
Fast Girls follows three women who compete in track and field events in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The book starts back in 1928 with the Olympics in Amsterdam and was the first time women were allowed to compete in some of the track and field events.
Acclaimed novelist Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real-life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany.
