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Jim Thorpe : The Greatest Athlete of the Century!
Further Reading

Anderson, Lars. Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football's Greatest Battle. New York, NY: Random House, 2007.

This biography takes an in-depth look at Thorpe's life and includes discussion regarding Thorpe's relationship with his coach at the Carlisle Indian School, Glenn Warner. It also examines in-depth the stripping of Thorpe's Olympic medals and a possible conspiracy with professional baseball executives.

Crawford, Bill. All American: Jim Thorpe. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2004.

This biography takes an in-depth look at Thorpe's life and includes discussion regarding Thorpe's relationship with his coach at the Carlisle Indian School, Glenn Warner. It also examines in-depth the stripping of Thorpe's Olympic medals and a possible conspiracy with professional baseball executives.

Newcombe, Jack. The Best of the Athletic Boys: The White Man's Impact on Jim Thorpe. Garden City: Doubleday, 1975.

A look at the impressive athletic successes of the students–Jim Thorpe and others–at Carlisle Indian School.

Wheeler, Robert W. Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.

This biography focuses on Jim Thorpe's success in various sports and his role as an American hero.


Web Sites

History Detectives: Investigations: Jim Thorpe Ticket: PBS http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/310_thorpe.htm...

In Season 3, Episode 10 of PBS series "History Detectives," Wes Cowan investigates a basketball game ticket that indicates Jim Thorpe might also have been a pro basketball player.

Jim Thorpe - Athlete of the Century http://home.epix.net/%7Elandis/thorpe.html

This webpage is part of a website of the Carlisle Sentinel. It includes emails from Thorpe's relatives, descriptions of Jim Thorpe Day celebrations, and biographical information of Jim Thorpe. Click on the "Athlete of the Century" link and find information on his daughter's campaign to have Jim Thorpe be honored as Athlete of the Century and be pictured on a Wheaties cereal box.

Jim Thorpe - Snow Riders http://www.snow-riders.org/info_pages/jimthorpe.html

This Native American website gives a summary of Jim Thorpe's athletic feats and his life's disappointments.

Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers; Jim Thorpe; Smithsonian's National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/sports/exhibit/champions/thorpe/index.cf...

This page of a sports website produced by the National Museum of American History provides a summary of Jim Thorpe's achievements, as well as a few reading resources, a film recommendation, and several pictures of Jim Thorpe. The 1914 Bronxdale foot-race trophy pictured is an interesting material artifact showing Thorpe's athleticism.

The Official Site of Jim Thorpe http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/thorpe

This website provides a wealth of information including a biography, pictures, and baseball and football statistics.

United States Olympic Committee - Jim Thorpe http://www.usoc.org/26_37888.htm

This official biography by the United States Olympic Committee includes facts and trivia about the athlete.


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