1887-1953

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1887-1953

Jim Thorpe

"There's no such thing as 'can't'"
2009
Explores the life of world class athlete Jim Thorpe, including his childhood and Native American background, his amateur and professional athletic career, and the legacy he left behind.

Jim & me

a baseball card adventure
2010
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.

Jim Thorpe's bright path

2004
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.

Jim Thorpe

original All-American
2008
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.

Jim Thorpe, all-around athlete

1971
A biography of the only athlete, an American Indian, to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics.

Thorpe!

The sports career of James Thorpe
1981
A biography of the Oklahoma Indian who many consider to be one of the most outstanding athletes of our time.

Bright path

young Jim Thorpe
2008
A biography of Jim Thorpe, an American Indian athlete, who became the star of the 1912 Olympics.

Jim Thorpe, world's greatest athlete

1984
A biography of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest all-around athletes in history.

Jim Thorpe

1992
A biography of Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest all-around athletes in history.

Jim Thorpe

2008
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.

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