John Wayne's America

by Wills, Garry

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Title Statements

Full title :John Wayne's America / Garry Wills.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1998, ©1997.
Edition:1st Touchstone ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1998, ©1997.

Notes

"A Touchstone book."

The Physical Object

Description:380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0684838834, 9780684838830, 9780684808239, 0684808234
oclc:ocm38948941
LC Classification:PN2287.W454
Dewey Decimal:791.43028092

1. Inventing a cowboy -- Man from nowhere -- Raoul Walsh -- Years with Yak -- 2. John Ford -- Sadist -- Artist -- Rhythmed motion -- Inner spaces -- War years -- Harry Carey -- 3. Inventing another cowboy -- Howard Hawks -- The new Wayne -- Authority figure -- 4. Empire -- Custer and cold war -- Washington and Sheridan -- 5. Propaganda -- Fort Hollywood -- Alamo: Legend -- Alamo: Ordeal -- Green Berets -- 6. Later Ford and Hawks -- "Ireland" -- The fury of Ethan -- Ford-Wayne, Inc. -- Rio this and Rio that -- 7. A third cowboy -- "I thought you were dead" -- "I won't be wronged" -- Conclusion: American Adam.

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