Speed to Glory - The Cullen Jones Story

Informationen zum Autor Natalie Davis Miller has been a professional writer for more that seventeen years, writing a variety of stories for print and web, including articles on many sports figures such as football legend and movie icon Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger and Olympians Cullen Jones and Kelly Clark in the Zonderkidz biographies, Speed to Glory, The Cullen Jones Story and Reaching New Heights, The Kelly Clark Story . Miller connects with her subjects and tells their stories in an informative and inspiring way, with a personal goal to glorify God using her writing talents.   Klappentext The story of Olympian swimmer Cullen Jones, who nearly drowned at age 5 yet went on to swim on the USA Olympic swim team alongside such greats as Michael Phelps. Zusammenfassung He conquered the thing that nearly took his life At five years old! Cullen Jones nearly drowned. While some people might stay away from water after that! Jones conquered his fear when his mother enrolled him in a swimming class. Not only did he learn to swim! he quickly found that he was a good swimmer… and would become one of the world’s best. Discover how faith! courage! and hard work led Jones to win an Olympic gold medal and set a new world record in his event. Find out what can happen when you overcome fear and strive to become all God calls you to be. Includes a personal note from Cullen Jones.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Davis Miller, Zonderkidz (COR)
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2012
• EAN: 9780310726333
• ISBN: 978-0-310-72633-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: ZonderKidz Biography; ZonderKidz Biography
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > General, reference works; EDUCATION / Home Schooling, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports, TOPICAL / Christian Interest, TOPICAL / Heroes, Real-Life, TOPICAL / Boy's Interest