Kate Buford
Selected WorksFavorite Journalism Articles by me
"Up for Auction, Thorpe’s Letters Make the Past Come Alive" May 30, 2007
The New York Times "A History of Dealing With Football's Dangers" Nov. 20, 2010
The New York Times "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. "Freddie Goodhart: A Thread in the History of Bluegrass," Feb. 2010
BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED 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." A Remembrance of Stanley Kramer, The Charlie Rose Show, 2001
Charlie Rose Show 2/20/01 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 Renee Montagne profiles Kate Buford, NPR MORNING EDITION, 2000
Morning Edition, NPR, 5/2/2000 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. |
"Up for Auction, Thorpe’s Letters Make the Past Come Alive" May 30, 2007"Jim Thorpe’s life after his peak as an Olympic champion and amateur and professional football player until his exit from sports in 1928 has hardly been examined by mainstream historians. But a glimpse of his story and sports performances can be found in private correspondence recently released by his family..." |
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