Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team
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New York, New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2017].
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Book
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First edition.
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Clallam Bay - J Nonfiction
J 796.3326 SHEINKI
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J 796.3326 SHEINKI
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Published
New York, New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.8, 9 Points

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Native American Jim Thorpe became a super athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Indomitable coach Pop Warner was a football mastermind. In 1907 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work. Sheinkin provides an true underdog sports story -- and an unflinching look at the U.S. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures.