From the veteran New York Times best-selling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, "the Duke", John Wayne.

As he did in his best-selling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most legendary Western film hero of all time; the man with the distinctive voice, walk, and demeanor who was an inspiration to many and a symbol of American masculinity, power, and patriotism.

Eliot pays tribute to the man and the myth, identifying and analyzing the many interesting contradictions that made John Wayne who he was: an Academy Award-winning actor associated with cowboys and soldiers who didn’t like horses and never served in a war; a Republican icon who voted for Democrats Roosevelt and Truman; a white man often accused of racism who married three Mexican wives. Here are stories of the movies he made famous as well as numerous friends and legendary colleagues such as John Ford, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, and Dean Martin.

A top box-office draw for more than three decades - starring in 142 films from Stagecoach and True Grit, for which he won the Oscar to The Quiet Man and The Green Berets - John Wayne's life and career paralleled nearly the entire 20th century, from the Depression through World War II to the upheavals of the 1960s. Setting his life within the sweeping political and social transformations that defined the nation, Eliot's masterful portrait of the man they called Duke is a remarkable in depth look at a life and the "American Century" itself.

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Listening Length	12 hours and 31 minutes
Author	Marc Eliot
Narrator	Pete Larkin
Audible.com.au Release Date	04 November 2014
Publisher	HarperAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00OTYTQBW
Best Sellers Rank	106,193 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 121 in Film History & Criticism 613 in Film History 1,064 in Individual Directors

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Stuart Gulleford

Good read marred by poor spell checking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2017

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This is a decent effort to write about the films of John Wayne but the kindle edition falls down badly because of very poor proof reading and spell checking. Both publisher and author should be ashamed at themselves for allowing it to go on sale in such a poor state. It is riddled with mistakes like missing or unnecessary words and mis-spelling. It was sufficiently interesting to me that I was able to keep reading despite the mistakes but the sheer number of them was very irritating.

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michael mcnicoll

Great read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019

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As above, told me various things I wasn't aware of.

jeanne kelly

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2015

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gift to relation they seemed pleased

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Excellent!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2017

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Thoroughly enjoyable book to add to my collection by Marc Eliot

Eeyore58

She absolutely loved it.

Reviewed in Canada on 4 February 2016

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I gave this to my sister for her birthday. She is a huge John Wayne fan. She absolutely loved it.

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