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The real all Americans : the team that changed a game, a people, a nation / Sally Jenkins.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GV 958 .U33 J45 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Sally.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Football.
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.).
- Football--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--History.
- Football.
- Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Broadway Books, 2007.
- Summary:
- Offers a portrait of the Native American football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a championship squad that included the legendary Jim Thorpe and coach Glenn "Pop" Warner.
- Contents:
- The real field
- Pratt
- Fort Marion : first lessons
- Carlisle
- The last fight and first games
- Cheats and swindles
- Not a parlor game
- Dodges and deceptions
- Experiments in flight
- Advances and retreats
- The real all Americans.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Doubleday, ©2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-343).
- Local Notes:
- The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780767926249
- 0767926242
- OCLC:
- 658083157
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