Selected Works

Favorite Journalism Articles by me
"Amateurism and Jim Thorpe at the Fifth Olympiad" HISTORY NOW, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, March 2010
"History Now," online quarterly journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Issue 21, March 2010.
Miscellaneous coverage
"Writers Create a Haven Away From Home" Jan. 7, 2011
The New York Times, by Susan Hodara
Television
C-SPAN2 BOOKTV - 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book Interview
Kate Buford sat down with Book TV to talk about her book, "Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe."
Radio Commentaries and Interviews
BBC World Service - Sept. 10, 2011
Sporting Witness: Jim Thorpe - American Indian Legend
"Mani-pedi" MARKETPLACE RADIO, 2005.
American Public Media's MARKETPLACE 5/30/2005
Diane Rehm Show, 2000
Kate Buford interviewed by Steve Roberts 4/14/2000
Biography
Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe (Knopf , Oct. 2010)
The definitive biography of American Indian Jim Thorpe (1887-1953), arguably the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen. Knopf Oct. 26, 2010.
Burt Lancaster: An American Life (Knopf, 2000; Da Capo Press paperback, 2001; Aurum Press, U.K. 2000; paperback 2001 and 2008)
"A splendid biography."-- Molly Haskell, NY Times, Editors' Choice. A Best Book of 2000: NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, SF Chronicle, and others. Da Capo paperback, 2001, NYTimes Editors' Choice. U.K. hardcover and paperback edition: Aurum Press; additional Aurum paperback edition, 2008.

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Commentator Kate Buford takes on the annual dilemma of deciding how to light up the holidays.

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