From the depths of the Depression came an enticing story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times. An account of nine working-class boys from the American West at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. This signed first edition is bound in tan boards with gilt lettering along the spine, bumped at head and foot of spine. DJ scuffed at rear head and center spine with signed copy sticker on front, now encased in mylar. Signed by author on second free endpaper.