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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe 

byDavid Maraniss

Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. Path Lit by Lightning combines biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of biography & autobiography and sports & recreation, Path Lit by Lightning explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the life of jim thorpe emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781476748412