Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A biography of the American Indian 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.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe.
About the Author
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.