 All American: The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe
ISBN: 978-0-471-55732-6
Hardcover
288 pages
October 2004
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Introduction.
1. American Airedale.
2. An Incorrigible Youngster.
3. Men Born Shaggy.
4. Oklahoma Buckaroo.
5. The “Hunchback” Play.
6. “White Man Bathed in Red”.
7. “Athletocracy”.
8. “Run Fast Good”.
9. A Perfect Football Machine.
10. Spreading the Wealth.
11. The Olympic Idea.
12. Starting Halfback.
13. Rocky Mount Railroader.
14. Marvel of the Age.
15. The Greatest Athlete in the World.
16. All-American.
17. The Swindle.
18. A Man with No Principle.
19. Masters of the White Man’s Game.
Afterword: The Continuing Evil of “Amateur” Athletics.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
