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Kate Buford is the author of Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe and Burt Lancaster: An American Life.
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The Most Wonderful Athlete
CENTENNIAL<p>While the crowds cheer Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin, let’s take a moment to remember perhaps the greatest all around American athlete ever, Jim Thorpe. His biographer Kate Buford (<em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803240899/thedaibea-20/" target="_blank">Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe</a></em>) tells his story, the scandal over his Olympic records, and the fight over his body. </p> <p></p>
Kate Buford | Published Aug 05, 2012