Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe / David Maraniss.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476748412
- ISBN: 1476748411
- Physical Description: x, 659 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 575-628) and index. |
Summary, etc.: | 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, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy Kill the Indian, Save the Man. His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth. |
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Subject: | Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953. Athletes > United States > Biography. Indian athletes > United States > Biography. Football players > United States > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ansonia Public Library | 921 THO (Text) | 34045150013345 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Babcock Library - Ashford | B Tho (Text) | 33110150607008 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | B THORPE J MARANISS (Text) | 32544072707903 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | B THORPE Mar (Text) | 33160150519984 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | 921/THORPE (Text) | 34029150692308 | Display | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | B THORPE (Text) | 34014150072677 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Canterbury Public Library | BIO THORPE MARANISS (Text) | 33190153992128 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | B THORPE (Text) | 33180148093637 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | B THORPE (Text) | 34046150751702 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | BIO Thorpe, J. MARANISS, D. (Text) | 37777154391296 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Summary:
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, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy Kill the Indian, Save the Man. His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth.