Path lit by lightning
By Maraniss, David
Book

Path lit by lightning :the life of Jim Thorpe

by
Maraniss, David. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
Thorpe, Jim,1887-1953(DLC)n79117906
AthletesUnited StatesBiography(DLC)sh2007101556
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Publisher and Date
New York, NY :Simon & Schuster,2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
1476748411.
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9781476748412.
Geographic Area Code
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Description
x, 659 pages, 24 leaves of plates :illustrations ;24 cm
System Control Number
(OCoLC)1281585268
SummaryJim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy Kill the Indian, Save the Man. His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth.
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