Jim Thorpe: Legendary Athlete

by Barbara Long

Book Overview

Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon in the Olympic Games. Although often humble about his athletic achievements, Jim Thorpe overcame many obstacles to be considered one of the greatest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894908650
• ISBN13: 9780894908651
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

An Exciting Book -- A review by Pedro Cabrera

This biography about Jim Thorpe, a young man in the Olympic games who won several gold metals, but were taken away from him later on. He also was a professional baseball player, and football player. He was born in Oklahoma, and his parents died of a desise. Jim Thorpe had exciting but painful life. His parents both died when he was young, he got married three times. But the good part was that he was a successful professional baseball and football player. His major goal was to recover his gold metals that were taken away from him. Jim Thorpe was a man with many talents. He played baseball, football, and he competed in several different events in the Olympic games. This is a very good book because it's a biography on an extraordinary man with many talents. And this book is a book full of facts.