Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Sheinkin StevePevná vazba
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Sheinkin StevePevná vazba "Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history." --The New York Times…
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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Sheinkin StevePevná vazba
"Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history." --The New York Times Book ReviewUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story--and more. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. It's an unflinching look at the U.S.
Expertly told by three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin, it's the story of a group of young men who came together at that school, the overwhelming obstacles they faced both on and off the field, and their absolute refusal to accept defeat.Jim Thorpe: Super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native AmericanPop Warner: Indomitable coach, football mastermind, Ivy League gradBefore these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian