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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 659 pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,...
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