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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
Absolutely amazing. Discusses the ups and downs of Thorpe’s amazing athletic prowess, the ridiculously hard struggles of Indians placed in Indian boarding schools and specifically the grueling football schedule they had plus the amazing game-altering ideas they came up with. Pop Werner is a jerk and this does not sugar coat it. Accurate and fascinating for athletic and unathletic readers alike!
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I enjoyed this book very much. Yes it is YA but I've read others of Sheinkin's YA books and they work well as history texts. YA length chapters and snippets but doesn't break up the flow that much.
For someone fairly well-versed in history, I sure didn't know half of the stuff that Jim Thorpe did.
I was obviously familiar with the terrible treatment of Native Americans, but didn't know that some parents chose to send their children to places like Carlisle. I also didn't know the pivotal role that Native Americans played in the history of American football or in the Olympics. Wish they would make a movie about his life and use actual Native Americans! Would be wonderful for high schools and junior high schools.
For someone fairly well-versed in history, I sure didn't know half of the stuff that Jim Thorpe did.
I was obviously familiar with the terrible treatment of Native Americans, but didn't know that some parents chose to send their children to places like Carlisle. I also didn't know the pivotal role that Native Americans played in the history of American football or in the Olympics. Wish they would make a movie about his life and use actual Native Americans! Would be wonderful for high schools and junior high schools.
I get the appeal and I am most definitely a Sheinkin fan now. But I think even his excellent writing may not be enough to actually make me interested in football.
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This book had it all for me: history, sports, and Jim Thorpe. I was fascinated with the history of football, and the Native American History was informative and heartbreaking. This is a great addition to sports collections, Native American collections, and Oklahoma History collections.
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True inspiring story of Jim Thorpe. Every football fan should read this well researched biography.
Sheinkin always does amazing research and shares it through interesting stories and photos. Jim Thorpe was an amazing athlete with plenty of tragic moments in his life. Pop Warner doesn't appear to be such a good man.
This was a great short read touching not only on Jim Thorpe and Carlisle but also American/Native history and the history of football. I knew Pop Warner had a huge impact on what we see as modern American football but much more is owed to the Carlisle team and the young Indigenous men that made the plays. Props to the author for not pulling punches on social commentary surrounding what our forefathers did to those who lived here before us.