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Jim Thorpe, Original All-American 

Jim Thorpe, Original All-American (2006)
A non fiction book by Joseph Bruchac

 
Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. He played professional football, Major League Baseball, and won Olympic gold medals in track & field. But his life wasn't an easy one. Born on the Sac and Fox Reservation in 1887, he encountered much family tragedy, and was sent as a young boy to various Indian boarding schools--strict, cold institutions that didn't allow their students to hold on to their Native American languages and traditions. Jim ran away from school many times, until he found his calling at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School. There, the now-legendary coach Pop Warner recognized Jim's athletic excellence and welcomed him onto the football and track teams.

Focusing on Jim Thorpe's years at Carlisle, this book brings his early athletic career--and especially his college football days--to life, while also dispelling some myths about him and movingly depicting the Native American experience at the turn of the twentieth century. This is a book for history buffs as well as sports fans--an illuminating and lively read about a truly great American.

 
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Hardback Editions

April 2009 : Library Binding
Title: Jim Thorpe, Original All-american
Author(s):: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 1439583994 / 9781439583999
Publisher:
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July 2006 : Hardback
Title: Jim Thorpe, Original All-American
Author(s):: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 0803731183 / 9780803731189 (USA edition)
Publisher: Dial
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Paperback Editions

October 2008 : Paperback
Title: Jim Thorpe, Original All-American
Author(s):: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 0142412333 / 9780142412336 (UK edition)
Publisher: Speak
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Audio Editions

2007 : Audio CD
Title: Jim Thorpe, Original All-American
Author(s):: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 0739362291 / 9780739362297 (USA edition)
Publisher: Books On Tape
Availability: Amazon   

Kindle Editions

October 2008 : Kindle edition
Title: Jim Thorpe, Original All-American
Author(s):: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: B001LO0TTG
Publisher: Speak
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