Burt Lancaster: An American Life is a 2000 non-fiction book by Kate Buford, published by Alfred A. Knopf, about Burt Lancaster.
Molly Haskell of The New York Times wrote that the book shows that, in regards to Lancaster, there was "more to him than met the eye."[1]
According to Publishers Weekly, a "central theme" involved Lancaster's advocacy for leftist politics, which involved him with the House Un-American Activities Committee.[2]