Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss

672 pages first pub 2022 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history sports challenging informative medium-paced
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Jim Thorpe rose to world 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, the star of the fir...

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