Native American Son
Subtitle: the life and sporting legend of Jim Thorpe
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9780375413247
Description: The first comprehensive biography of the legendary figure who defined excellence in American sports: Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The rules of the game.; title: Beginnings; title: Oklahoma territory; title: 1887-1904 ; Discovery; title: Winter 1904-Summer 1907 ; Warm-up; title: Fall 1970-Spring 1909 ; The minors; title: Summer 1909-Summer 1911 ; Football phenom; title: Fall 1911-Spring 1912 ; The most wonderful athlete in the world; title: Summer-Fall 1912; title: Pt. II. The professional.; title: The public glare; title: 1913-1914 ; The majors and Ohio; title: 1915-1919 ; Out of the public glare; title: 1920-1929; title: Pt. III. Life after sports.; title: Hollywood; title: 1930-1939 ; Divorce, World War, and river rouge; title: 1939-1945 ; Rediscovery; title: 1945-1953; title: Epilogue : 1953-1983