A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe from his childhood in Oklahoma to the Olympics and his career in professional baseball and football.

In 1920, Howard Tucker is one of the smartest kids at Haskell Indian Boarding School. Unfortunately, this skinny fifteen-year-old would rather play football and with some advice from Jim Thorpe, he might just get a chance to play in the big game.

Presents a picture book exploration of the true story of Jim Thorpe and his football teammates on the 1912 Carlisle Indian Industrial School varsity team, highlighting their showdown with the U.S. Military Academy team at West Point and how Thorpe and the Carlisle team made the match all about strategy, skill, and determination.

Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,...

A biography of one of the greatest all-around athletes in history, probably best-known for his record-breaking track and field performance in the 1912 Olympic games.

A biography of the Oklahoma Indian who won fame for his all-around athletic excellence, but was plagued with personal difficulties throughout his life.

"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains...