Jim Thorpe
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Jim Thorpe: A Biography
By William A. CookThey were also making winner-takes-all bets on these games. One of the athletic feats they were participating in was a broad jump that had progressed to ten feet. William “Bill” Frawley, who later played Fred Mertz on ...
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Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete
By Robert W. WheelerBorn in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian.
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Jim Thorpe: Sac and Fox Athlete
By Bob BernotasA biography of the American Indian who won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics and played both professional baseball and football.
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Jim Thorpe: Greatest Athlete in the World
By Jennifer FandelIn graphic novel format, describes how Native American Jim Thorpe played football and baseball before going on to win three gold medals at the 1912 Olympic games.
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Jim Thorpe: Greatest Athlete in the World
By Jennifer Lee FandelTells the life story of athlete Jim Thorpe, star of the 1912 Olympic Games and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Written in graphic-novel format.
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Jim Thorpe: There's No Such Thing as 'Can't'
By Michael A. Schuman"Explores the life of world class athlete Jim Thorpe, including his childhood and American Indian background, his amateur and professional athletic career, and the legacy he left behind"--Provided by publisher.
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Jim Thorpe: Legendary Athlete
By Barbara LongA biography of one of the greatest all-around athletes in history, probably best-known for his record-breaking track and field performance in the 1912 Olympic games.
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Jim Thorpe: Original All-American
By Joseph BruchacA biography of Jim Thorpe told in his own voice focuses on his years at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School and his early athletic career, while also dispelling some myths about him and depicting the Native American experience at the turn ...
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Jim Thorpe
By Carrie Golus52 55 Robert W. Wheeler, Jim Thorpe: World's GreatestAthlete (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979), 54. Ibid., 54. Ibid., 55. Ibid. 55 57–58 59 Bill Crawford, All American: The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, ...
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Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion
By Guernsey Van Riper Jr.One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians.
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Jim Thorpe
By Ted GottfriedHe was the greatest athlete of the 20th century, winning four Olympic gold medals. But adversity made him a hero for all Native Americans.
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Jim Thorpe: A Biography
By William A. CookMost biographies of Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) emphasize his Olympic glory and his remarkable abilities in track and football.
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Jim Thorpe
By Thomas FallAn easy-to-read biography of the Oklahoma Indian who came to be considered "one of the world's finest all-around athletes".
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Jim Thorpe: 20th-Century Jock
By Robert LipsyteA biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.
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Jim Thorpe
By Carrie GolusA biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe from his childhood in Oklahoma to the Olympics and his career in professional baseball and football.
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Jim Thorpe
By Thomas FallAn easy-to-read biography of the Oklahoma Indian who came to be considered "one of the world's finest all-around athletes."
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Jim Thorpe: Athlete of the 20th Century
By John BergezIn 1947, incredible story of Native American Jim Thorpe perhaps the most gifted athlete who ever lived, rose from obscurity to become the most famous athlete in the world.