Age
5-9
Grade
K-4
Don Brown
Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe
Hardcover
(Roaring Brook Press May 2, 2006)
, 1st edition
Jim Thorpe's childhood was a mix of hard work in the outdoors and a succession of military-strict "Indian Schools" that relentlessly imposed white culture on Native American children. Then in 1907, wearing overalls and a work shirt, he effortlessly broke his school high-jump record--a feat that launched a remarkable athletic career in track, football, and baseball, culminating at the 1912 Olympics, where Thorpe won the decathlon with a world record score that would stand for almost 20 years and the pentathlon with a points total that would never be beaten.
- ISBN
- 1596430419 / 9781596430419
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 16.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 11.2 x 0.5 in.
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