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Tells the story of perhaps the most gifted athlete who ever lived. Born in a cabin on a reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Native American Jim Thorpe rose from obscurity to become the most famous athlete in the world. In the 1912 Olympics, he achieved the unprecedented feat of winning gold medals in the two most grueling tests of all-around athletic excellence: the pentathlon and the decathlon. Kit contains five copies of the book from the Start-to-Finish series Overcoming the Odds: Sports Biographies. Gold Level (RL 2-3) Publisher GR level L. IL 6-12. Reference KM 8816 for more instructional tools to support this kit in your classroom. | |