{"product_id":"jim-thorpe-olympic-champion-9780020421405","title":"Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJim Thorpe: Olympic Champion\u003c\/i\u003e is Guemsey Van Riper Jr.'s biography of a world-class athlete.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuernsey 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDwight 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459882553618,"sku":"9780020421405","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7112b242-fd9f-4c3e-968e-3349ffc184be.jpg?v=1730011457","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jim-thorpe-olympic-champion-9780020421405","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}