Narrates the life story of Native American Jim Thorpe chronicling his childhood, education, and his athletic career. Covers his days in various Indian boarding schools to the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania where coach Pop Warner recognized Jim's athletic abilities.
year: 2006, 2008
call number/section: 1000, 920, 921, 796.09
subjects: thorpe, jim, 1887-1953, juvenile fiction, fiction, athletes, juvenile fiction, indian athletes, fiction, historical fiction, biography, native americans
Editions
Bruchac, Joseph
[In association with] Walden Media (2006)
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 coach Pop Warner first recognized Thorpe's abilities.
Schools: 22
Bruchac, Joseph
Speak (2008)
Narrates the life story of Native American Jim Thorpe chronicling his childhood, education, and his athletic career. Covers his days in various Indian boarding schools to the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania where coach Pop Warner recognized Jim's athletic abilities.
Schools: 9