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Jim Thorpe : Original All-American

Author: Bruchac, Joseph

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Follett Number: 08471Y9
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Speak, c2006, p2008
Format: 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Athletes Fiction

Historical Fiction

Indian Athletes Fiction

Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953 Fiction

Includes bibliographical references (page 274-276). A biographical novel in which Native American athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe discusses his life, focusing on the years he spent at Pennsylvania's Carlisle School where his abilities were first noticed by his coach, Pop Warner.

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