Jim Thorpe: 20th Century Jock
By Robert Lipsyte.
Description
Cheered as a superman when he won the Olympic gold in the decathlon and the pentathlon, Jim Thorpe was stripped of those honors, and disgraced, when authorities discovered he had once played semi-professional baseball. Exploring both the trials and the triumphs of America’s first great all-around athlete, this portrait of the man and the Native American community from which he came is ‘involving and thought-provoking.’—BL. 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)1993 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0785761136, 9780785761136
