The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne

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By the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in , the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having twirled six-guns and foiled cattle rustlers in B Westerns for five studios. Through previously unpublished photogr By the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in , the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having twirled six-guns and foiled cattle rustlers in B Westerns for five studios. Through previously unpublished photographs and revealing family anecdotes, The Young Duke offers an unflinching look at how Marion Morrison became the legend known as John Wayne—from his boyhood in Winterset, Iowa, to his days as a college football star, to his stunning box-office success in Westerns and war movies in the s and s.

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. This book about John Wayne's younger years was an enjoyable read. I did see a couple of questions about the accuracy of some of its details on some issues. It went over his early years growing up in California with his parents.

He played college football for the Trojans, then got a summer job at Fox Films. He was working as a prop man for Fox Films when director John Ford befriended him and eventually talked him into trying his hand at getting in front of a camera. It took some convincing, but f This book about John Wayne's younger years was an enjoyable read.

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It took some convincing, but finally, he gave it a shot and the rest is history. The book plays up his patriotism and talks about his private life some. It also talks about his brief stints at directing, and how he stuck by his guns when he really wanted to direct the movie "The Alamo".

It brought back a lot of memories of many John Wayne movies I've seen, and many I want to see. Also, the memories of many I watched together with my late father while he was still alive. It made me miss The Duke all over again, for what he represents, the type of star he was that we rarely see anymore.

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It's too bad we couldn't have cloned some of those great old stars, but thankfully we do still have their movies around. I'm going to find one to watch right now.


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Publication date is March 1, May 02, Andy Hickman rated it liked it. The Globe Pequot Press, Quite amazing to think how many biographies have been written about this man. This one managed to provide new insights and stories based on factual correspondence and photos.

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I just point to the Duke. The long hours he spent learning about Shakespeare, the Old West, the United States, and the world helped make him an exceptional student. His teachers noted that he was a quite, intelligent pupil who was serious about his studies. However, the authors did seem to struggle by the end of the book. Suddenly, decades were skimmed over and signifiant milestones overlooked with some information repeated and then an abrupt ending at the time of production on The Alamo.

Still, a good book. Glad I read it. Mar 14, Cherie rated it liked it Shelves: This was, as the title suggests, a brief account of the early years of John Wayne.


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It also added a final chapter dealing with the most important events in his later life, including the Academy Award for Best Actor which he won for "True Grit" and his eventual death from cancer. I very much enjoyed reading about the "Duke. I definitely would like to read a more detailed biography of Wayne. He was truly a great actor and a great American. Sep 16, Sandy Batesel rated it it was amazing.

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Loved this book even with all the typos in it. Have always been a John Wayne fan but admire him even more now. Went out and rented Stagecoach, too. What a great movie. Chris Enss is an award-winning screen writer who has written for television, short subject films, live performances, and for the movies, and is the co-author with JoAnn Chartier of Love Untamed: Her recent books include Frontier Teachers: Enss has done everything from stand-up comedy to working as a stunt person at the Old Tucson Movie Studio.

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She learned the basics of writing for film and television at the University of Arizona. The Early Life of John Wayne. Howard Kazanjian , Chris Enss. By the time Stagecoach made John Wayne a silver-screen star in , the thirty-one-year-old was already a veteran of more than sixty films, having twirled six-guns, tossed rope, busted broncos, and foiled cattle rustlers in B westerns for five different studios over the course of a dozen years.

By the s he was Hollywood's most popular male actor--an Academy Award nominee destined to become an American icon. Through previously unpublished photographs and revealing family anecdotes, The Young Duke tells how Marion Morrison became the legend known as John Wayne--from his boyhood in Winterset, Iowa, to his days as a college football star, to his stunning box-office success in Westerns and war movies in the s and s. Shedding new light on Wayne's formative years and early Hollywood roles and influences, this biography reveals the true stories behind the screen legend's public and private lives.