Title: All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe /
Authors: Crawford, Bill.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Thorpe, Jim,; Athletes United States Biography; Indian athletes United States Biography.
Abstract: Biography of Jim Thorpe.
Contents: 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.