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Wings of an Eagle: the Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills
Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman
Illustrator: S. D. Nelson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-37348-7
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Indigenous people, Native American Indian Reservations, bigotry, perseverance, passions
Clinging to his Lakota values and his athletic dream, a boy who experienced extreme poverty, racism, and grief became an Olympic winner. Sensitively rendered illustrations. Photos. Extensive back matter.