All American The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe |
|
Author:
| Crawford, Bill |
ISBN: | 978-0-471-55732-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
|
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $42.95 |
Book Description:
|
The first major biography in more than a decade of the great Native American athleteJim Thorpe (1888-1953) is arguably the twentieth century's greatest athlete, the only man in history to play on a World Series baseball team and on a championship football team as well as winning gold medals in the Olympics.
The first major biography in more than a decade of the great Native American athleteJim Thorpe (1888-1953) is arguably the twentieth century's greatest athlete, the only man in history to play on a World Series baseball team and on a championship football team as well as winning gold medals in the Olympics.