Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion - Couverture souple

Van Riper Jr., Jr. Guernsey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0020421400 ISBN 13 : 9780020421405

Editeur : Aladdin, 1986

Synopsis

Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion is Guemsey Van Riper Jr.'s biography of a world-class athlete.

A biography of the Native American known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and basebell player.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. attended DePauw University in 1926. He earned two varsity letters as quarterback on the football team and one letter as a first baseman on the baseball team. After graduating, he worked in advertising then became an editor at Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company. He turned his love of sports into books, writing biographies of Lou Gehrig and Knute Rockne along with ten other children’s books.

Dwight Graydon “Gray” Morrow (1934–2001) was an American illustrator who contributed to many comics and children’s books. He was the cocreator of Marvel Comics’ the Man-Thing and DC Comics’ vigilante El Diablo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aladdin
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0020421400
• ISBN 13: 9780020421405
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas