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Kate Buford

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I was born and grew up in California, and later went to school at Trinity College, Dublin, and Columbia. After a first career as a law librarian on Wall Street, I became a writer. BURT LANCASTER: AN AMERICAN LIFE (Knopf, 2000) was my first book, followed by NATIVE AMERICAN SON: THE LIFE AND SPORTING LEGEND OF JIM THORPE (Knopf, 2010). I live in Virginia and New York.

Writing narrative nonfiction is a grueling but rewarding task. My two biographies are serious, literary treatments of iconic Americans performing in two of the most popular American pastimes: the movies and sports. I relish going deep into the psyches and backgrounds of people who may be widely known in the popular culture but not truly understood or respected.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 47 ratings · 12 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Burt Lancaster: An American Life 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	the life and sporting legend of jim thorpe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: