John Wayne : The Man Behind the Myth

by Munn, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780451212443
• ISBN10: 0451212444
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-02
• Publisher: NAL Hardcover

Summary

A provocative biography of the man behind the Hollywood legend sheds new light on the life and career of John Wayne, discussing his three failed marriages, professional accomplishments, battles with cancer, and the plot against his life by Josef Stalin because of Wayne's aggressive anti-Communist views.

Author Biography

Michael Munn has written eighteen previous books, including biographies of Frank Sinatra, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, and Sharon Stone.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
1 A Communist Conspiracy Revealed	1	(6)
2 From Marion to Duke	7	(12)
3 Call Him Wayne	19	(12)
4 Happy Trails, Unhappy Wedlock	31	(14)
5 Enter Ringo	45	(17)
6 B Pictures and Politics	62	(11)
7 Dietrich and DeMille	73	(8)
8 The War Years	81	(12)
9 Cold War in Hollywood	93	(11)
10 A New Bad Marriage	104	(9)
11 Stardom at Last	113	(10)
12 Wayne's Crusade for Freedom	123	(12)
13 Quiet in Ireland	135	(10)
14 Assassins	145	(11)
15 From the Mighty to the Mongols	156	(11)
16 The Bloody Battle of Burbank	167	(8)
17 Searching for the Darkness	175	(11)
18 Duke Meets Nikita	186	(17)
19 The Alamo	203	(20)
20 Working Twenty Years for Nothing	223	(13)
21 Winning the West, the War, and Wild Africa	236	(7)
22 Life Is a Circus	243	(11)
23 Licking the Big C	254	(12)
24 The Vietcong Sniper	266	(18)
25 Oscar	284	(14)
26 Last Roundup	298	(10)
27 Dirty Duke	308	(15)
28 The Last Ride	323	(18)
29 The Absolute All-Time Movie Star	341	(12)
Postscript	353	(1)
Filmography	354	(17)
Sources	371	(5)
Bibliography	376	(3)
Index	379