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All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe
Title:
All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe
Author:
Crawford, Bill.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2005]

©2005
Physical Description:
284 pages: illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
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 half back -- Rocky mount railroader -- Marvel of the age -- The greatest athlete in the world -- All-American -- The greatest swindle -- A man with no principle -- Masters of the white man's game -- Afterword : the continuing evil of "amateur" athletics.
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ISBN:
9780471557326
Format :
Book