thorpe, jim

Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.

A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.

Narrates the life story of Native American Jim Thorpe chronicling his childhood, education, and his athletic career. Covers his days in various Indian boarding schools to the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania where coach Pop Warner recognized Jim's athletic abilities.

A biography of the only athlete, an American Indian, to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics.

A biography of the Oklahoma Indian who many consider to be one of the most outstanding athletes of our time.

A biography of Jim Thorpe, an American Indian athlete, who became the star of the 1912 Olympics.

A biography of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest all-around athletes in history.

A biography of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest all-around athletes in history.

Chronicles the life and achievements of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe from his childhood in Oklahoma, to the Olympics, to his career in professional baseball and football.

A 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.