Downloadable audio file. Duration: 6:26:20. Grade range: Grade 6 - Grade 8. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Read by the author.
Summary:
For history buffs and sports fans--an illuminating audiobook about a truly great American that also depicts the Native American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. He played professional football, Major League Baseball, and won Olympic gold medals in track and field. But his life wasn't an easy one. Born on the Sac and Fox Reservation in 1887, he encountered much family tragedy and was sent to Indian boarding schools. Finally at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School, the now-legendary coach Pop Warner welcomed him onto the football and track teams.
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