All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe / Bill Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Bill, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.

Thorpe, Jim.

Athletes--United States--Biography.

Athletes.

Indian athletes.

United States.

Indian athletes--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

iv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]

Summary:

The first major biography in more than a decade of the great Native American athlete

Jim Thorpe (1888 - 1953) is arguably the twentieth century's greatest athlete, the only man in history to play on a World Series baseball team and on a championship football team as well as winning gold medals in the Olympics. Now, in this fascinating and extensively researched biography, illustrated with rare vintage photographs, biographer Bill Crawford brings Jim Thorpe to life, capturing his great athletic triumphs, his struggle with the prejudices of his time, and his relationship with the legendary Pop Warner, the coach who brought him to international fame only to betray him in what has been termed "the greatest swindle in sports history."

Bill Crawford (Austin, TX) has written for Texas Monthly and the Austin Chronicle and is the coauthor of Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire, among other books.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.

ISBN:

0471557323

OCLC:

55870980

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