Record #:

9923

Author(s):

Meehan, James

Abstract:

North Carolina novelist Tom Wolfe attended the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a guest of the U.S. Ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd. Wolfe, who was an avid sports fan, was seated in the diplomatic box and is believed by Ambassador Dodd's daughter to have annoyed Hitler with loud “war whoops” in celebration of Jesse Owens's historic track and field victories.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 7, Sept 1972, p13-14, por

Subject(s):

Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938