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Amazing is… a record setting long jump… a penalty kick to win a
World Cup soccer championship… a pitcher hurling a World Series
perfect game… a cancer survivor winning the Tour de France… a
medical student running the first four-minute mile.
Here author Brad Herzog showcases events that not only set sports
records but also impacted American history and world views. Learn
how runner Jesse Owens amazed the world and stunned Nazi Germany at
the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read how super-racehorse Secretariat ran
away with America’s heart, as well as the Triple Crown. Michael
Phelps, Jackie Robinsons, Billie Jean King, Tony Hawk – these sports
heroes and their amazing moments are brought to pulsating life in A
is for Amazing Moments: A Sports Alphabet.
The Immaculate
Reception… the Miracle on Ice… the Play… Kirk Gibson… Michael
Jordan… Doug Flutie… Nadia Comaneci… Tiger Woods… it’s all in there…
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