![]() In the 1830s, the Indian tribes were forced east of the Mississippi River during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. This changes in 1893 with the Oklahoma Land Rush. ![]() At that time, Oklahoma still bore the name of Indian Territory. The name of this astounding biography is “Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team.”īorn in Oklahoma May 22, 1887, Jim Thorpe’s parents were each half white and half Native American. Steve Sheinkin, award winning writer of adolescent literature, has written a compelling biography on this great athlete. ![]() All-American football player, gold medal track and field star and hero to thousands of Americans and American Indians, Jim Thorpe towers above his contemporaries.īut just as fortune and fame found their way into his life, tragedy and heartache also accompanied this legend. His exploits on the football and track fields may never be surpassed. ![]() Jim Thorpe was voted the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century by American sportswriters. Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2017, 280 pages, Grades 7-11. “Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team,” ![]()
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