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All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe
Associated Name
"Crawford, Bill."
Date2004
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberGV697.T5 C73 2004
Descriptioniv, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Monographic item
American airedale -- An incorrigible youngster -- Men born shaggy -- Oklahoma buckaroo -- The "hunchback" play -- "White man bathed in red" -- "Athletocracy" -- "Run fast good" -- A perfect football machine -- Spreading the wealth -- The Olympic idea -- Starting halfback -- Rocky mount railroader -- Marvel of the age -- The greatest athlete in the world -- All-American -- The swindle -- A man with no principle -- Masters of the white man's game -- Afterword : the continuing problem of "amateur" athletics.
LC Subjects
Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.
Athletes--United States--Biography.
Indian athletes--United States--Biography.
Text Entries
"Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953; Athletes -- United States -- Biography; Indian athletes -- United States -- Biography; Athletes; Athletes - United States; Athletes/ United States/ Biography; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Indian athletes; Indian athletes - United States; Indian athletes/ United States/ Biography; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation / General; Thorpe, Jim"
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