Title Who was Jim Thorpe? / by James Buckley, Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. [Boundless electronic resource]

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New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023.

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Description	1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations.
	text file rda
Series	Who was?
	An official Who HQ book
	Who HQ NOW.
	Who was-- ?
Contents	Who was Jim Thorpe? -- Bright path -- A star athlete emerges -- The 1912 Olympics -- No more medals -- Baseball and family -- Birth of the NFL -- In the movies -- Restoring a legacy -- Timelines.
Summary	"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains one of the greatest athletes in American history"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-12. Penguin Workshop.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953 -- Juvenile literature.
	Indian athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Football players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Sauk Indians (Algonquian) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Fox Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.
	Indian athletes -- Biography.
	Athletes.
	Football players.
	Baseball players.
	Sauk Indians (Algonquian) -- Biography.
	Fox Indians -- Biography.
	Indians -- Biography.
Genre	Biographies.
Added Author	Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- Who was Jim Thorpe? New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023 9780399542633 (DLC) 2023010124
ISBN	9780399542688
	039954268X

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