Olympic books from UNP

Get ready for the Olympics by grabbing a new book!

Something in the Air Native American Son American Hoops
Something in the Air is Richard Hoffer’s gripping sports narrative that tells the stories of the individual athletes and cultural, social, and political drama surrounding the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Native American Son by Kate Buford is the first comprehensive biography of the legendary figure who defined excellence in American sports: Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest all-around athlete in U.S. history.

And new in paperback, Carson Cunningham presents a kaleidoscopic picture of the evolution into the twenty-first century of one of America’s most popular sports: Olympic Basketball, in American Hoops.  

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