John Wayne's America

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/02/1998
ISBN: 9780684838830
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.60w x 0.91d

Review Citations: New York Times 06/28/1998 pg. 28