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Hoyt, Megan,
author.
Bartali's bicycle
[Book] :
the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero /
written by Megan Hoyt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
First edition.
New York, NY :
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2021]
33 unnumbered pages :
color illustrations ;
29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino's greatest achievement was something he never told a soul--that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle."--Provided by publisher.
Ages 4-8.
20211216.
Bartali, Gino
1914-2000.
Tour de France (Bicycle race.)
Cyclists
Italy
Biography.
World War, 1939-1945
Jews
Rescue
Italy.
World War, 1939-1945
Underground movements
Italy.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Italy.
Italy
History
1914-1945.
Bruno, Iacopo,
illustrator.
RV8