false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174950130m/460422.jpg 460422 2 <div><div>"John Wayne remains a constant in American popular culture. Middle America grew up with him in the late 1920s and 1930s, went to war with him in the 1940s, matured with him in the 1950s, and kept the faith with him in the 1960s and 1970s. . . . In his person and in the persona he so carefully constructed, middle America saw itself, its past, and its future. John Wayne was his country&#8217;s alter ego."</div></div><div> </div><div>Thus begins John Wayne: American, a biography bursting with vitality and revealing the changing scene in Hollywood and America from the Great Depression through the Vietnam War. During a long movie career, John Wayne defined the role of the cowboy and soldier, the gruff man of decency, the hero who prevailed when the chips were down. But who was he, really? Here is the first substantive, serious view of a contradictory private and public figure.</div> 448886 1995 John Wayne: American total:16|5:8|4:6|3:1|2:1|1:0| 16 69 23 3 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Feb 20 23:25:53 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 08:35:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:04:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 08:17:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 08:08:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:27:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 23:23:49 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 23:23:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 06:56:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:00:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 18:09:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:09:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 13:29:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 13:29:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 23:50:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 23:50:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 27 16:09:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 16:09:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Mar 21 19:22:14 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 19:22:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 19:50:13 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:50:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 04 10:45:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:45:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 10:45:44 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 10:45:44 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Sep 10 21:06:56 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 21:06:56 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Sep 03 01:40:56 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 01:40:56 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jul 20 21:51:45 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 21:51:45 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 10 11:22:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 11:22:05 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 28 08:26:37 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 08:26:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 25 16:51:11 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 16:51:18 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon May 26 00:30:06 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 09 19:22:37 -0800 2008 Mon May 26 00:30:06 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=460422