John Wayne: The Genuine Article

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Fans of Hollywood and Americana will be eager to own the authorized photographic account of John Wayne cinema legend. John Wayne: The Genuine Article provides readers a rare glimpse into the life of one of the most iconic movie stars of all time through a treasure trove of memorabilia stories and interviews. This definitive book includes John Wayne Enterprises collection of never-before-seen letters and telegrams as well as incredibly compelling text from Waynes unfinished memoir. Important milestones in the Academy Award-winning actor director and producers life are also well documented here through anecdotes photos and visually rich ephemera including boots hats and saddles. The story of John Waynes rise reach and influence in American culture is alive and well in this brilliant opus. With a foreword by Jimmy Carter and a preface by his son Ethan Wayne John Wayne: The Genuine Article presents the complete story of how an ordinary man became a top box office draw for six decades and a larger-than-life Icon known simply as the Duke.