TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buckley,James
AU  - Marchesi,Stephen
TI  - Who was Jim Thorpe?
T2  - Who was?
SN  - 9780399542633
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop
KW  - Thorpe, Jim,
KW  - Indian athletes
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Athletes
KW  - Football players
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - Sauk Indians (Algonquian)
KW  - Fox Indians
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 108); Who was Jim Thorpe? -- Bright path -- A star athlete emerges -- The 1912 Olympics -- No more medals -- Baseball and family -- Birth of the NFL -- In the movies -- Restoring a legacy -- Timelines; Ages 8-12; Penguin Workshop
N2  - "While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains one of the greatest athletes in American history"--
ER  -