Book :
William J. Baker, Jesse Owens: An American Life (University of Illinois Press, 2006)

Book Analysis

The book analysis should include a brief summary of the book as well as your own analysis of the information presented. You should be able to situate your analysis in the larger historical context based on class lectures, videos, readings and your text. You must integrate some of your own personal experiences in sport into the framework of this essay (how does your own personal sport history compare/contrast with what you have read?)
This review is to be four to five pages in length, typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins and page-numbers. You must use a 12-point font. Your review must include afull bibliographic reference.

Organizing The book analysis:
1. Your opening paragraph should include a brief summary of the book and especially its thesis.
2. Next explain what it is about your own personal sport history that drew you to this book.
3. You should then recap the evidence that the author uses to back the thesis (a discussion of the author’s point of view may be part of this summary). Use quotes from the book to support and substantiate your claims (remember to provide page numbers if you use exact quotes!!).
4. Discuss how the book supports, attacks, modifies, or expands the views/ideas presented in this course.
5. Analyze how your personal sport history fits compares with what you have read.
6. Finally, give a recommendation for or against the book as an aid to understanding the subject. What were the books strengths and weaknesses?

DO NOT take the easy route by watching the film/ TV version of your chosen book.

Please Follow every Instructors as listed and do so carefully.