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Games of deception : the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympic in Hitler's Germany / Andrew Maraniss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2021.; �2019Description: 217, 13 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780525514657
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.48/0943 23
Summary: "The true story of the birth of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. Includes photos throughout, a Who's-Who of the 1936 Olympics, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

School Library Journal, December 2019

Booklist starred, September 2019

Library Media Connection starred, November 2019

Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2019

Kirkus Review, September 2019

"The true story of the birth of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. Includes photos throughout, a Who's-Who of the 1936 Olympics, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.

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