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The Resource John Wayne : American, Randy Roberts, James S. Olson

John Wayne : American, Randy Roberts, James S. Olson

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Summary
A critical biography of John Wayne and his importance both in the United States and abroad as the personification of all that was decent, heroic, and distinctly American. Based on interviews and archival research
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 738 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • God, Lincoln, and the Golden Gate
  • He's just been playing himself all these years
  • Scholarship boy
  • Driven by a Ford
  • Poverty row
  • Suppose you could tell her you like her biscuits?
  • Stagecoach
  • Foreign affairs
  • John Wayne and Hollywood go to war
  • In the catbird seat
  • New beginnings and dead ends
  • All I can see is the flags
  • A different war
  • The unquiet man
  • That'll be the day
  • Second-guessing
  • The country's going soft
  • In harm's way
  • I've just got my second wind
  • Working-class hero
  • Crown Prince of the silent majority
  • Only a fool would think anything is forever
  • You just can't give in to it
  • Epilogue : our heroes have always been cowboys
Isbn
9780029238370
Instance
Label
John Wayne : American
Title
John Wayne
Title remainder
American
Statement of responsibility
Randy Roberts, James S. Olson
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A critical biography of John Wayne and his importance both in the United States and abroad as the personification of all that was decent, heroic, and distinctly American. Based on interviews and archival research
Summary
Traces the life of the famous actor from his beginning in Winterset, Iowa, his Hollywood film career, his role as a cattle-breeder and rancher, and his political beliefs, to his death in 1979
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
185552
Cataloging source
DLC
Citation source
  • Wilson's Public Library
  • Library Journal
  • Booklist
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1951-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Roberts, Randy
Dewey number
  • B
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Intended audience
Adult
LC call number
PN2287.W454
LC item number
R63 1995
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • filmographies
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1946-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Olson, James Stuart
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Wayne, John
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Actors
Target audience
adult
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American
Label
John Wayne : American, Randy Roberts, James S. Olson
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
  • Includes John Wayne filmography (pages [701]-709)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [711]-722) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
God, Lincoln, and the Golden Gate -- He's just been playing himself all these years -- Scholarship boy -- Driven by a Ford -- Poverty row -- Suppose you could tell her you like her biscuits? -- Stagecoach -- Foreign affairs -- John Wayne and Hollywood go to war -- In the catbird seat -- New beginnings and dead ends -- All I can see is the flags -- A different war -- The unquiet man -- That'll be the day -- Second-guessing -- The country's going soft -- In harm's way -- I've just got my second wind -- Working-class hero -- Crown Prince of the silent majority -- Only a fool would think anything is forever -- You just can't give in to it -- Epilogue : our heroes have always been cowboys
Control code
20871031
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 738 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780029238370
Lccn
95012536
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
  • (1234)20414
  • (CPL)5F6197A1DA7011D39EC8444553540000
Label
John Wayne : American, Randy Roberts, James S. Olson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
  • Includes John Wayne filmography (pages [701]-709)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [711]-722) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
God, Lincoln, and the Golden Gate -- He's just been playing himself all these years -- Scholarship boy -- Driven by a Ford -- Poverty row -- Suppose you could tell her you like her biscuits? -- Stagecoach -- Foreign affairs -- John Wayne and Hollywood go to war -- In the catbird seat -- New beginnings and dead ends -- All I can see is the flags -- A different war -- The unquiet man -- That'll be the day -- Second-guessing -- The country's going soft -- In harm's way -- I've just got my second wind -- Working-class hero -- Crown Prince of the silent majority -- Only a fool would think anything is forever -- You just can't give in to it -- Epilogue : our heroes have always been cowboys
Control code
20871031
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
x, 738 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780029238370
Lccn
95012536
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
  • (1234)20414
  • (CPL)5F6197A1DA7011D39EC8444553540000

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