Jim thorpe biography timeline book

jim thorpe biography timeline book

Biography - The Official Licensing Website of Jim Thorpe

    A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe - Birchbark Books

  • Most biographies of Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) emphasize his Olympic glory and his remarkable abilities in track and football.

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      Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

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  • "A masterful, in-depth portrait of a monumental figure." -- Louis Moore ― The Boston Globe "Throughout a book marked by deep research and expert context-setting, [Maraniss] sifts through the myths about Thorpe and Native Americans, depicting his subject as a proud, complicated man who sought to shape his own destiny, yet was bedeviled by larger forces of racism and hypocrisy.

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  • Who Was Jim Thorpe?

    • Classroom Guide for JIM THORPE’S BRIGHT PATH

      A biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete that “goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe’s life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty” (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.
    A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.
    Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.
    James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

    Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

  • The art of the biographer requires a jeweler’s eye, and a birder’s ear; the tenacity of a cold-case detective, and the curiosity of the great explorers. Also, compassion for the subjects upon whom he sets his indefatigable sights. Athletes, coaches, presidents, fathers, David Maraniss does them all justice. None of his subjects deserves that more than Jim Thorpe, the great Olympic champion, who was anointed America’s greatest athlete by a country that denied him, and his indigenous people, citizenship. In “Path Lit by Lightning” Maraniss rescues him from myth and prejudice, restoring something far more consequential than the Olympic medals stolen from him by small men — his humanity. This is another masterpiece from the master.

    Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella and Koufax

  • Path Lit By Lightning is a flat-out masterpiece. The story of Jim Thorpe, one of America’s greatest and most misunderstood heroes, is tol

    The Life And Career Of Jim Thorpe (Complete Story)

  • Born in 1888 in what would soon be Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation.

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      When the movie "Jim Thorpe: All-American" was released in 1951, it didn't produce the windfall they had hoped.