"Jim Thorpe, a Native American, may have been the greatest athlete the world has ever seen. He rose to 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, became the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw's New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities, he was unique. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against daunting odds ... Despite all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth"--Dust jacket flap.
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