Book Stew

Jim Thorpe's Gold Medals


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Jim Thorpe put on a legendary performance at the 1912 Olympics, earning gold medals in multiple events only to have them stripped away under dubious allegations. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author David Maraniss, author of the Thorpe biography ‘Path Lit By Lightning,' discusses the 1912 games and the injustices that followed, which were reversed by the International Olympic Committee in July 2022.
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