John Wayne's AmericaSimon & Schuster, 1998 M03 2 - 384 pages The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work of great originality—the biography of an idea—Garry Wills shows how John Wayne came to embody Amercian values and influenced our cultoure to a degree unmatched by any other public figure of his time. In Wills's hands, Waynes story is tranformed into a compelling narrative about the intersection of popular entertainment and political realities in mid-twentieth-century America. |
Contents
The Most Dangerous Man | 11 |
Scope of the Book | 29 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 33 |
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