Jim Thorpe: 20th-Century Jock

by Robert Lipsyte

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060229888
• ISBN13: 9780060229887
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Sporty Book

This was a great biograpy. It was a great book about a sports ledgen. Jim thorpe is an Native American sports ledgen. He playde football, baseball, and ran track. He was a great all around athlete. In this book you will learn about his parents, family, friends, and his school days. This book was fasinating to me and it told me about how Jim Thorpe lived his life.