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Kate Buford, author of the latest biography of Citizen Potawatomi/Sac and Fox athletic legend discusses the book, which was published on October 26, 2010. Buford describes the tremendous amount of research that went into this book and her earlier biography of Burt Lancaster, who portrayed Thorpe in the movie Jim Thorpe: All-American. Buford also commented on Thorpe son Jack Thorpe’s effort to bring his father’s body home to Oklahoma from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania for re-burial. The new Thorpe biography is available in bookstores. The author’s Website is www.KateBuford.com.

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