Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim ThorpeA 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

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