Jim Thorpe: An Athlete for the Ages (Sterling Biographies) - Softcover

Labrecque, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402763654 ISBN 13: 9781402763656

Publisher: Union Square Kids, 2010

Synopsis

Simply the best: those words perfectly describe the multitalented Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. Not only did he excel at baseball and football, but he also won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon the only person in Olympic history to do so. This fascinating biography discusses:

Thorpe’s many family tragedies including the childhood death of his twin brother

Why he was temporarily stripped of his gold medals (which were restored posthumously)

How he helped establish the sport of major league football

His selection as Greatest Athlete of the 20th century in an Internet poll conducted by ABC’s Wide World of Sports

 

Kids will enjoy meeting this amazing sports star whose Indian name aptly meant Bright Path.” 

About this title

About the Author:

Ellen C. Labrecque is a former editor at Sports Illustrated Kids and the author of several other sports biography books.

From Booklist:

From the Sterling Biography series, each of these books offers a succinct account of a notable athlete’s life. Studded with quotes and illustrated with photos, the books include time lines, glossaries, bibliographies, and source notes. Jim Thorpe details his taking of Olympic gold in the 1912 decathlon and pentathlon events, though he was forced to return the medals the following year amid charges of professionalism, a matter resolved in his favor 70 years later. Written in a straightforward, journalistic style, these biographies present very readable accounts of the lives of three very different athletes who made their marks on American culture. Grades 6-9. --Carolyn Phelan

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1402763654
• ISBN 13: 9781402763656
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124