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John Wayne - An American Icon (Biography)

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A poor attempt to write a public domain record of the life and history of John Wayne. I bought this book thinking it was a new collaboration or information about John Wayne that we hadn't seen before. But what was published was a 50 page work of garbage copies from some good and bad sources. Some of the references/footnotes are from inaccurate sources, some are even taken from the error filled IMDB site. To top it off they state they are using a public domain photo of Duke and the photo is horribly copies and printed on the front cover. The whole book looks as if it was written by a 1st Grader. it's not worth the paper it is printed on. John Wayne is my hero but this book is an insult to his name.

I was hoping for a book with more depth, and more information; however, this book does have some decent details. The fact remains that there are only really 32 pages of actual text - the others are references and such .... much like you would see in a college paper. Consider this to be a school-style reader to learn about the great John Wayne... and not necessarily a book for a collector or die-hard fan.

This is a very general review of John Wayne 's Life and career. It is worth the price I paid for it. I was looking for a book that had More information. But all in all it had good information init.