Preface: "Desert's still the same" -- Introduction: "What makes a man to wander...?" -- The big trail : "We can't turn back" -- Hollywood : home off the range -- Shooting star of the Golden State : California straight ahead! -- Ireland : "Peace and quiet came to Innisfree" -- Monument valley : "Let's go home, Debbie." -- Military bases : "Just wanted to say hello to the boys." -- Hatari! Big Bwana's bootprints in Africa -- Utah : "The Gobi Desert seethed with unrest" -- The Studio Backlots : a tree is a tree -- Durango : south of the border -- Exotic places : east of the divide -- Normandy : D-Day for the Duke -- Arizona : meanwhile, back at the ranch -- Hawaii : "Does the word aloha make you warm?" -- Venture abroad : "Got a great idea : European tour" -- Road trip : Wayne's way to work -- Two roosters : patching it up -- Beaches and bridges : Duke's detectives -- Without reservations : "What do I have?" -- The western towns : from Rio Bravo to Carson City -- The lost locations : winds of the wasteland -- And the Hunter Home from the Hill : "A place to live and a place to die...".
Summary:
"John Wayne worked on film sets around the globe. This book follows the trail, from his beginnings on the Fox backlot to his final filming in Lone Pine, California. Locations in Mexico, Normandy, Rome, Madrid, London, Ireland, Libya and Africa are covered, along with his favorite vacation spots in Hawaii, Acapulco, Greece, Monaco, and the Hollywood hot-spots he frequented. Anecdotes revisit his most famous scenes, including Rooster Cogburn's charge in True Grit (1969) and Davy Crockett's last stand in The Alamo (1960). Production details describe how San Diego stood in for Iwo Jima, how Old Tucson was turned into El Dorado, and how Genghis Kahn ruled over the deserts of Utah. Never before published photos present then-and-now views in this first of its kind guided tour for film location hunters and Wayne aficionados"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.