Undefeated : Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team / Steve Sheinkin.
Native American Jim Thorpe became a super athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Indomitable coach Pop Warner was a football mastermind. In 1907 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 privileged schools in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work. Sheinkin provides a true underdog sports story -- and an unflinching look at the U.S. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781596439542
- ISBN: 1596439548
- ISBN: 9780605963221
- ISBN: 0605963223
- Physical Description: 280 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Tryout -- First half. The star ; The coach ; The game ; The school ; Alien world ; The team ; Restless disposition ; Carlisle vs. the Big Four ; Charlie ; The Carlisle rut ; Football imagination ; New team ; Carlisle vs. Pennsylvania ; Wild horses ; Haughty Crimson ; Before and after ; Football on trial ; High jump -- Second half. The forward pass ; Carlisle against the world ; Modern football ; Crossroads ; The quarterback ; All in ; Carlisle vs. Harvard ; All-American ; Stockholm ; One more year ; Into the whirlwind ; Football evolution ; Carlisle vs. Army ; Last games ; Brutal business ; Undefeated -- Epilogue: back on top.
- Target Audience Note:
- 980 Lexile.980L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader 6.8.Reading Counts! 8.3.Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.8 9 186921.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 6.8 9.0 186921.Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.8 9.0 186921.
- Awards Note:
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2017.Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.
Warner, Glenn S. (Glenn Scobey), 1871-1954.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) > Football.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) > History.
Football > United States > History.
Off-reservation boarding schools > United States > History.
Indians, Treatment of > United States > History > 20th century. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Young adult literature.
Young adult literature.
Available copies
- 141 of 143 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 143 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | YA 796.3326 SHE (Text) | 36015000251088 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albertson Community Library | JN 793.332 SHE (Text) | 30372101937800 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | J 796.332 Sheinkin (Text) | 34269001204636 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | J 796.332 SHE (Text) | 30664100282109 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | YA 796.332 She (Text) | 33632002698109 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | J 796.3326 SHE (Text) | 50503300365659 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | YA 796.332 SHE (Text) | 50503300432715 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | JB Thorpe (Text) | 31111002970331 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Barco Library | J 796.332 SHE (Text) | 39488200942771 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | YA 796.332 SHEIN (Text) | 34208203700991 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Native American Jim Thorpe became a super athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Indomitable coach Pop Warner was a football mastermind. In 1907 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 privileged schools in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work. Sheinkin provides a true underdog sports story -- and an unflinching look at the U.S. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures.
