WILMA UNLIMITED How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

by Krull, Kathleen

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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0152012672 . Color Illustrations; Children's Book. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Bottom edge of book covers have some lightish rubbing. Text pages clean & bright. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping, rubbing & edge wear. There is some beginning nicking to spine ends & corners of dust jacket. Top spine ends of dust jacket have very beginning edge tears. Bottom front edge of dust jacket has a very small portion of laminate peeled off. Overall, a very good copy. --One of the most energetic kids in the town of Clarksville, Tennessee, Wilma loves to run and laugh and play with her nineteen older brothers and sisters. But before she's five years old, she gets very sick and the doctor's news is not good. Polio has paralyzed her left leg. Everyone says that Wilma will never walk again--. .

Book summary

A picture-book biography of athlete Wilma Rudolph. Born into a family of 21 brothers and sisters, Wilma contracted polio at age four. Doctors said she would never walk again. Readers will learn how she conquered her illness and went on to become the first American woman to earn three gold medals in a single Olympics. Color illustrations accompany the text.

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