The Life of Helen Stephens: The Fulton Flash
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0809325594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Impressive Account of One of America's Finest Athletes Wow, before opening this book I had never heard of Helen Stephens, and now that I've finished Sharon Kinney Hanson's fine book about her life, I feel as though I have known her forever! They called her the Fulton Flash because of her great speed, and her ability to sprint took her out of Missouri and catapulted her to the great stages of the world. Like a comet streaking across the sky she represented the United States in the now legendary Berlin Olympics of 1936, where she appeared in front of Adolf Hitler and, no doubt, gave him a few ruminations about the power and speed of Ame
Helen Stephens’s story touches so many of the big moments and emerging issues of American sports in the 1930s and 40s. Her life was rich with adventure, controversy, and accomplishment. More people should be familiar with The Fulton Flash. And now, thanks to Sharon Kinney Hanson’s carefully researched biographythey will be.”Bob Costas
She sued Look magazine for insinuating she was a man and won. Authorized biographer Sharon Kinney Hanson is the first person allowed to read and quote from Stephens’s correspondence and diaries, including her account of her experiences as an eighteen year old in Nazi Germany during the Berlin Olympics, when her instant fame brought her face-to-face with Adolf Hitler. Interviews with Stephens and her colleagues, coach, friends, and family members offer additional glimpses into the life of one of America’s pioneer athletes. As inspiring as her athletic accomplishments are, Stephens’s prevailing influence on athletics is even more notable. But her career or her notoriety didn’t peak there. The volume is supplemented by twenty-two illustrations and a foreword by St. Through her spirited retelling of Stephens’s experiences, Hanson effectively showcases the pri