John Wayne's AmericaSimon and Schuster, 1998 M03 2 - 380 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 |
INVENTING A COWBOY | 35 |
Man from Nowhere | 37 |
Raoul Walsh | 46 |
Years with Yak | 55 |
JOHN FORD | 65 |
Harry Carey | 114 |
INVENTING ANOTHER COWBOY | 127 |
Howard Hawks | 129 |
The New Wayne | 138 |
Authority Figure | 149 |
EMPIRE | 159 |
Custer and Cold War | 161 |
Washington and Sheridan | 177 |
Sadist | 67 |
Artist | 77 |
Rhythmed Motion | 86 |
Inner Spaces | 96 |
War Years | 102 |
PROPAGANDA | 191 |
LATER FORD AND HAWKS | 235 |
A THIRD COWBOY | 281 |
American Adam | 302 |
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