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An astonishing underdog sports story and more. It's an unflinching look at the US government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. 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…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 2019Square Fish · 288 pages · 9781250294470
- Other · English · 2019Square Fish · 9781536452235
- Other · English · 2017Bound to Stay Bound Books · 280 pages · 9798855123074
- Other · English · 2017Roaring Brook Press · 288 pages · 9781596439559
- Other · English · 2017Roaring Brook Press · 288 pages · 9781596439542
- Other · English · 20179780553552799
FootballJuvenile literatureHistoryThorpe, jim, 1888-1953Football, juvenile literatureIndians of north america, historyNew York Times reviewed