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Jim Thorpe (Sports Heroes and Legends) by Carrie Golus is a children's nonfiction book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jim Thorpe (Sports Heroes and Legends) about?
Think you know all there is to know about Jim Thorpe? Well, did you know that: ?X His Sauk and Fox name was Wa-Tho-Huk, which means Bright Path? ?X He broke his high school?'s high jump record on his very first jump? ?X On the football field, he could run fast enough to catch his own punt? Jim Thorpe has been called the greatest athlete of the twentieth century. He excelled in football, baseball, and track and field. He won two Olympic gold medals in 1912. But his career was marred by controvers
Who reads Jim Thorpe (Sports Heroes and Legends)?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Carrie Golus
- Publisher
- Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822571636
- Category
- children's nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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