Joe Gergen was a sports writer and columnist for Newsday for forty years. He also has written for numerous other publications, including Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, and New York magazine. His previous books include The Final Four (1987) and, with Ralph Kiner, Kiner’s Korner (1987).
"Betty Robinson may not be as famous as some other track Olympians
who came after her, but as Joe Gergen points out in his inspiring
new book, Robinson ought to be. Whether it was winning the first
Olympic 100-meter dash ever run for women, overcoming the horrific
injuries she suffered in a plane crash to compete again alongside
Jesse Owens in 1936 at 'Hitler's Olympics' in Berlin, or, later,
championing women's rights, Robinson's story is one that deserves
to be told and retold." --Johnette Howard, ESPN.com columnist,
author of The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova
"Betty Robinson's strength, courage, and spirit of adventure live
again in Joe Gergen's vivid telling." --Dave Kindred, author of
Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
"More than just a beautifully told story of one of the most
stirring triumphs against the odds in Olympic history, The First
Lady of Olympic Track is a concise, and often maddening, story of
women's battle for equal rights on the playing field and a superb
short history of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Betty Robinson is an
irresistibly appealing young woman and Joe Gergen deserves our
thanks for rescuing her from the mists of the past." --Ron
Rapoport, former sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
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