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Author:

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Title:

Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team / Steve Sheinkin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Roaring Brook Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Thorpe, Jim,--1887-1953--Juvenile literature.
Warner, Glenn S.--(Glenn Scobey),--1871-1954.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Football.
Football.
Athletes.

Contents:

Tryout -- First half -- The star -- The coach -- The game -- The school -- Alien world -- The team -- Restless disposition -- Carlisle vs. the big four -- Charlie -- The Carlisle rut -- Football imagination -- New team -- Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania -- Wild horses -- Haughty crimson -- Before and after -- Football on trial -- High jump -- Second half -- The forward pass -- Carlisle against the world -- Modern football -- Crossroads -- The quarterback -- All in -- Carlisle vs. Harvard -- All-American -- Stockholm -- One more year -- Into the whirlwind -- Football evolution -- Carlisle vs. Army -- Last games -- Brutal business -- Undefeated -- Epilogue: back on top.

Summary:

"A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1596439548 (hardback)
9781596439542 (hardback)

LCCN:

2016009083

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