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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works Biographies History Juvenile literature |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sheinkin, Steve. Undefeated. New York, New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017 (DLC) 2016034829 |
Named Person: | Jim Thorpe; Glenn S Warner; Jim Thorpe; Jim Thorpe; Glenn S Warner; Jim Thorpe; Glenn S Warner |
Material Type: | Biography, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve Sheinkin |
ISBN: | 9781596439542 1596439548 9780605963221 0605963223 |
OCLC Number: | 954203223 |
Awards: | Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2017. Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017 Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017 |
Target Audience: | Young Adult.; 980; 980L |
Description: | 280 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Tryout -- First half. The star ; The coach ; The game ; The school ; Alien world ; The team ; Restless disposition ; Carlisle vs. the Big Four ; Charlie ; The Carlisle rut ; Football imagination ; New team ; Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania ; Wild horses ; Haughty Crimson ; Before and after ; Football on trial ; High jump -- Second half. The forward pass ; Carlisle against the world ; Modern football ; Crossroads ; The quarterback ; All in ; Carlisle vs. Harvard ; All-American ; Stockholm ; One more year ; Into the whirlwind ; Football evolution ; Carlisle vs. Army ; Last games ; Brutal business ; Undefeated -- Epilogue: back on top. |
Other Titles: | Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team |
Responsibility: | Steve Sheinkin. |
Abstract:
America's favorite sport and Native American history collide in this thrilling true story about one of the nation's greatest football teams.
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