NEW FROM TAYLOR TRADE:

 

Olympic Affair: 

Hitler's Siren

and America's Hero

 

 

"Give a talented journalist an engrossing storyline – especially a

sports writer accustomed to the drama of games – and

he will keep you mesmerized by the who, what, where,

when and why of the unfolding adventure. And so it is

with Terry Frei’s Olympic Affair. Set against the 1936

Berlin Olympics – remembered primarily for Jesse Owens’

four gold-medal performance and Adolf Hitler’s disdain

for him – Frei focuses on the decathlon champion, America’s

Glenn Morris, and his affair with the renowned German actress

and Olympic film director, Leni Riefenstahl. It is, then,

a compelling look at an historic sporting event and a love/sex

scandal cloaked in intrigue and danger. Frei’s style is reporter/novelist,

 cleanly balanced between event and character, offering a panorama

of human triumph saddened by failure. Of the books I’ve read

in the past four or five years, this one is near the top of the list."

--Terry Kay, novelist and screenwriter, Townsend Prize

and Southern Emmy winner, author of

To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie

 

Jim Blanchet interview with Terry Frei in The Philadelphia Review of Books

 

Athletic historian John Hirn's review ("Olympic Affair captures the Glenn Morris story like a Hollywood movie") 

 

Steve Chavis of Denver's KUVO interviews Terry Frei about Olympic Affair

 

More information and many more pictures on this site's Olympic Affair page.

 

Read Chapter 1

 

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Columbine's Boy in the Window	The Greatest Mom Ever    JoAnn B Ficke Cancer Foundation    Alex's Lemonade Stand for Pediatric Cancer Research   Colorado Freedom Memorial (Dedication May 26, 2013. Thanks and congratulations to its champion, Rick Crandall.)	From Terry's brother, David