THE FULTON FLASH

THE LIFE OF HELEN STEPHENS

Sharon Kinney Hanson

Foreword by Bob Broeg

Southern Illinois University Press, 2004

first printing

Inscribed and signed by author on title page

Hardcover in dust jacket

6.5" X 9.5"

245 pages followed by notes (262 total pages)

illustrated by b/w photo section

From dust jacket flap:  "A teenaged Helen Stephens stunned the crowd at the 1936 Berlin Olympics when she emerged from obscurity to run the 100 meters in 11.5 seconds, setting a world record that wouldn't be beaten for twenty-four years.  But her career and her notoriety didn't peak there.  She sued Look magazine for insinuating that she was a man and won.  She was the first woman to own and manage a basketball team and went on to actively participate in the sporting world as a coach, a mentor and a senior competitor...

...Capturing the drama of Stephens' personal saga as well as the development of the modern Olympic games, this compelling biography also calls attention to barriers female athletes overcame to participate in amateur and professional sports...Stephens' correspondence and diaries, including her account as an eighteen year old in Nazi Germany during the Berlin Olympics, when her instant fame brought her face-to-face with Adolf Hitler..."

Condition:  Straight, clean and tight.  Author's inscription and signature is only writing.  Clean covers with straight corners under dust jacket.  Dust jacket is lightly curled at top edge.