Title:
Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team / Steve Sheinkin.
ISBN:
9781596439542
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
Physical Description:
280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Tryout -- First half -- The star -- The coach -- The game -- The school -- Alien world -- The team -- Restless disposition -- Carlisle vs. the big four -- Charlie -- The Carlisle rut -- Football imagination -- New team -- Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania -- Wild horses -- Haughty crimson -- Before and after -- Football on trial -- High jump -- Second half -- The forward pass -- Carlisle against the world -- Modern football -- Crossroads -- The quarterback -- All in -- Carlisle vs. Harvard -- All-American -- Stockholm -- One more year -- Into the whirlwind -- Football evolution -- Carlisle vs. Army -- Last games -- Brutal business -- Undefeated -- Epilogue: back on top.
Summary:
"A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team"-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.8 9 186921
Corporate Subject:
Genre:
Audience:
980L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn954203223
Availability:
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