The Importance of Jim Thorpe

by Don Nardo

A biography of the Native American who won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics and played both professional baseball and football

112 pages, Library Binding

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Don Nardo (born February 22, 1947) is an American historian, composer, and writer. With close to four hundred and fifty published books, he is one of the most prolific authors in the United States, and one of the country's foremost writers of historical works for children and teens.