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Bruchac, Joseph

Jim Thorpe: Original All-American

276 pp. | Dial | July, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-3118-3 $16.99
(4) 4-6 In this fictionalized biography, author Bruchac assumes the voice of Sac and Fox Indian athletic great Jim Thorpe, relating his challenges and achievements in early life. The conversational tone is accessible, and Bruchac's extensive author's note explains that not all the dialogue (and none of the people) is invented. Nevertheless, the conveyance of factual material through imagined first-person observation is awkward in places. Bib.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

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