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HE NEW YORK Occasions (Editors' Choice): "Buford . . . lays a agency, clear historical groundwork for the reservation existence and Indian globe in which Thorpe grew up in Oklahoma.... Brims with lifestyle in its depiction of Hollywood in the course of the 1930s and '40s.... By way of Thorpe's struggles and striving, Buford recreates this period of Los Angeles historical past in all its wonderful strangeness."

WASHINGTON Publish - "Buford ... knows about mythic heroes and attracts a complicated portrait of Jim Thorpe: from his superhuman athletic skills to his all-too-human flaws."

DETROIT METRO Instances: "Kate Buford’s superb biography ... not only is it the heading tale of an early Olympic hero and mythical football fantastic, it also chronicles how the guidelines of football altered in the 1900s and ’10s, getting to be less a rugby scrum and more the video game we know right now."

AMERICAN HERITAGE - "A specialist biographer has proved what sound analysis and skillful composing can do: reveal a singular gentleman, animate the times of his daily life, and illuminate the complexities of our planet today, which Jim Thorpe assisted to form."

LIBRARY JOURNAL - "This is the definitive biography of a legendary figure in American history, in and out of sports activities. An crucial buy."

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