TY  - GEN
AU  - Bergez, John
TI  - Jim Thorpe: Athlete of the 20th Century
SN  - 9781587023705
PB  - Start to Finish Library
KW  -  Native American
KW  -  Biography
KW  -  Olympics
KW  -  Running
KW  -  Athlete
KW  -  Alternate Formats
KW  -  Audio Book
KW  -  CD-ROM
KW  - Paperback
N1  - Start-to-Finish: Gold The Start-to-Finish Gold collection is a high-interest considerate reading series designed to promote independent reading for struggling readers aged 9 to 17 years but reading at the 2nd-3rd grade level. Each set consist of a paperback book, a computer CD ROM book, an audio book and a teacher's guide. NOTE: A portable USB DVD writer is available for loan if your computer system does not have a CD/DVD drive. This book tells the incredible and touching story of perhaps the most gifted athlete who ever lived. Born in a cabin on a reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Native American Jim Thorpe rose from obscurity to become the most famous athlete in the world. In the 1912 Olympics, he achieved the unprecedented feat of winning gold medals in the two most grueling tests of all-around athletic excellence: the pentathlon and the decathlon
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