John Wayne's America
US 1998 Touchstone. Eng. text. Hft. 380 sidor. (21x14cm, 400g.) Fotoillustrerad.
Mycket gott skick. -A stunning book .. essential reading for anyone interested in Wayne and popular culture. 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.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0684838834
- Titel
- John Wayne's America
- Författare
- Wills, Garry
- Förlag
- New York : Touchstone
- Utgivningsår
- 1998
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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