Kate Buford: 2 books
Burt Lancaster
An American Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Startlingly handsome, witty, fanatically loyal, charming, scary, and intensely sexual, Burt Lancaster was the quintessential bête du cinéma, one of Hollywood's great stars. He was, as well, an intensely private man, and he authorized no biographies in his lifetime. Kate Buford is the first writer...
Native American Son
The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
The first comprehensive biography of the legendary figure who defined excellence in American sports: Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen.
With clarity and a fine eye for detail, Kate Buford traces the pivotal moments of Thorpe’s incomparable...