Full Bio: The Early Life of Jim Thorpe

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 10, 2022

We begin our monthly Full Bio series, with our conversation with author David Maraniss about his biography of legendary athlete Jim Thorpe, Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe. In today's installment, we discuss the early life of Thorpe, the beginning signs of his athletic prowess, and his time at the Carlisle Indian School, a boarding school for indigenous children designed for assimilation.

 

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