num_pages: 40
description: 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.
language: English
title: Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe
titlecomplete: Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe
genres: Historical, Sports, Native Americans, History, 20th Century, Picture Books, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Roaring Brook Press