Jim Thorpe
Olympic Champion
Published on 31. October 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-02-042140-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion is Guemsey Van Riper Jr.'s biography of a world-class athlete.
A biography of the Native American known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebell player.
A biography of the Native American known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebell player.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
f-c cvr; b-w interior illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
127 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-02-042140-5 (9780020421405)
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Persons
Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children's books.
Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow (1934-2001) was an American illustrator who contributed to many comics and children's books. He was the cocreator of Marvel Comics' the Man-Thing and DC Comics' vigilante El Diablo.
Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow (1934-2001) was an American illustrator who contributed to many comics and children's books. He was the cocreator of Marvel Comics' the Man-Thing and DC Comics' vigilante El Diablo.