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1) Girl, hero
Author
Publisher
Flux
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (307 pages)
Language
English
Description
High school freshman Lily pours her heart out in letters to her hero, dead movie star John Wayne, in which she tells him about the death of her beloved stepfather, her mother's abusive boyfriends, her fears that her father is gay, getting the lead in the high school play, and her burgeoning romance with a classmate who reminds her of Mr. Wayne.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese Doubleday
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made. Ford, known for his black eye patch and for his hard-drinking, brawling masculinity, was a son of Irish immigrants and was renowned as a director for both his craftsmanship and his brutality. John "Duke" Wayne was a mere stagehand and bit player in "B" Westerns, but he was strapping and handsome, and Ford saw...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory biography of the enduringly popular John Wayne that draws on more than 100 interviews as well as exclusive access to the files of Wayne's film production company to answer the question why he became and remains an iconic American figure"-- Provided by publisher.