Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory, Paperback - P. H. Mullen

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This first and only official children's book on the Olympics--created in association with the Olympic Museum in Lausanne--introduces kids to the gl...

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