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1975– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
5 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 2 works by Marion Jones.
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Marion Jones tells her own story in this 2010 memoir, published in New York by Howard Books, covering her running career, her fall from Olympic standing and what followed. Topics include women runners and United States biography, and connect her to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a student. A reading group guide was offered online.
Marion Jones tells her own story in an illustrated autobiography from Warner Books, 2004, 223 pages with portraits and plates, some in color. Topics include African American women athletes, women runners and track and field athletes in North Carolina, including sports at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Compact disc gathering stories about the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that aired on WCHL-AM, the Chapel Hill radio station. Running 43 minutes and issued by M. Kokai in 2002, it takes in Michael Jordan, Marion Jones, Dean Smith, Charles Kuralt and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, along with Carolina basketball and soccer.
Rachel Rutledge's 2000 biography of Marion Jones for young readers, published by Millbrook Press in Brookfield, Connecticut in 48 pages with some color illustrations. Topics include track and field, women runners and African American biography, and they record Jones both playing basketball and running track at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mark Stewart's biography of Marion Jones for young readers, published by Children's Press in 1999, 48 pages with color illustrations. Aimed at school age readers, it covers her time as a basketball and track athlete at Carolina and her turn toward sprinting and the long jump events from 1997. It is juvenile biography of runners and track and field athletes.
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