Kate Buford is the author of Burt Lancaster: An American Life. She has written for the New York Times and has been a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition and American Public Media's Marketplace.
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ProloguePART I - THE RULES OF THE GAMEChapter One: Beginnings - Oklahoma Territory - 1887-1904Chapter Two: Discovery - Winter 1904-Summer 1907Chapter Three: Warm-up - Fall 1907-Spring 1909Chapter Four: The Minors - Summer 1909-Summer 1911Chapter Five: Football Phenom - Fall 1911-Spring 1912Chapter Six: The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World - Summer-Fall 1912PART II - THE PROFESSIONALChapter Seven: The Public Glare - 1913-1914Chapter Eight: The Majors and Ohio - 1915-1919Chapter Nine: Out of the Public Glare - 1920-1929PART III - LIFE AFTER SPORTSChapter Ten: Hollywood - 1930-1939Chapter Eleven: Divorce, World War, and River Rouge - 1939-1945Chapter Twelve: Rediscovery - 1945-1953Epilogue - 1953-1983AcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
"This is the definitive biography of a legendary figure in American history, in and out of sports. . . . Essential."-Library Journal "A full account of the legend and tragedy of Native American sportsman Jim Thorpe . . . Buford's account brims with detail, all of it relevant to the telling."-Booklist "Buford reports the facts and dispels many fictions about this American icon."-Publishers Weekly "Impeccably researched. . . . This retrospective is not the first to tackle the complex life of Jim Thorpe, but it's the most comprehensive. . . . [It] captures Thorpe's breathtaking highs and heartrending lows."-Kirkus "A professional biography has proved what sound research and skillful writing can do: reveal a singular man, animate the times of his life, and illuminate the complexities of our world today, which Jim Thorpe helped to shape."-American Heritage "[Buford] lays a firm, clear historical groundwork for the reservation life and Indian world in which Thorpe grew up in Oklahoma. . . . [It] brims with life in its depiction of Hollywood during the 1930s and '40s. . . . Through Thorpe's struggles and striving, Buford recreates this period of Los Angeles history in all its glorious strangeness."-New York Times (Editors' Choice) "[Buford] knows about mythic heroes and draws a complex portrait of Jim Thorpe: from his superhuman athletic talents to his all-too-human flaws."-Washington Post