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Author
Publisher
TwoDot, An Imprint of Rowan & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xvii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Film historian Brode explores the film legacy of the Duke and provides commentary on the lessons learned from the archetypes of the West and American manhood Wayne displayed on the silver screen.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
658 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory biography of the enduringly popular John Wayne that draws on more than 100 interviews as well as exclusive access to the files of Wayne's film production company to answer the question why he became and remains an iconic American figure"--
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made. Ford, known for his black eye patch and for his hard-drinking, brawling masculinity, was a son of Irish immigrants and was renowned as a director for both his craftsmanship and his brutality. John "Duke" Wayne was a mere stagehand and bit player in "B" Westerns, but he was strapping and handsome, and Ford saw...
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