num_pages: 384
description: 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.
language: English
title: John Waynes America
titlecomplete: John Waynes America
characters: John Wayne
genres: American, Politics, Biography, Film, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 189
publisher: Simon & Schuster