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When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more…
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This book tells the story of Jim Thorpe, Pop Warner, the Carlisle Indian School, and football itself. In 1900, the game could be deadly for players and deadly dull for fans. The rules were changed to make it safer, but it took Warner, Thorpe, and the Carlisle eleven to reinvent how it was played.
This is an uplifting story that nonetheless raises serious issues of sportsmanship, racism, and hypocrisy. I appreciated that Sheinkin does not preach. He acknowledges limits to our knowledge. He asks questions, suggests answers, and allows readers to make their own interpretations. He allows for complexity and…
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