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Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the forgotten story of football's greatest battle
Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the forgotten story of football's greatest battle
Author
Anderson, Lars
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
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From the Book - First edition.
The thrill of possibility
Shot like buffalo
Pop learns from Ma
The trickiest play
What an Indian can do
There's just no future in the Army
He is certainly a wild Indian
A couple of well-paid amateurs
A brutal, savage, murderous sport
Beast barracks and a beast on the field
A real American if there ever was one
Chief Thorpe and the huge Kansan
The clash of heroes
The dead Indian and another Wounded Knee
Epilogue: The ghosts of Carlisle.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Football
Football -- History
History
Thorpe, Jim
Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) -- Football
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140006600
9781400066001
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