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Barcode	30293102004053
Location	Clark County
Call No	B Thor
Title	Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe / David Maraniss.
Author	Maraniss, David. author.
Collection	NF Biography
Total Circ	3
NumReserves	0

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Location	Barcode	Call No	Created On	Issue Name	Circ Status	Temp Loc
Clark County	30293102004053	B Thor	8/16/2022		Available	Clark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number	9781476748412 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number	1476748411 (hardcover)
Personal Name	Maraniss, David. author.
Title Statement	Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe / David Maraniss.
Edition Statement	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Physical Description	x, 659 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm.
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 His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball.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.
Subject-Personal Name	Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Athletes United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Indian athletes United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term	Football players United States Biography.
Index Term-Genre/Form	Biographies.

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