Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe Lakota Tribal members representing each region

Tribal members representing each region and experts at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution were involved in its creation

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This book offers an important alternative to classic economic theory

Developed as a companion to a public television series

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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe Lakota Tribal members representing each regionA biography of Americas greatest all around athlete that goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpes life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. Most famously, he won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm