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Summary: Great Book on John Wayne
Review: "Duke We're Glad We Knew You" is an exellent book. People such as Harry Carey Jr., Ben Johnson, Lee Aaker, John Wayne's stepsister, and many more write of when they knew Duke.The foreward is written by Ronald Regan who knew Wayne personally. Author, Herb Fagen. interviewed many of them personally. The book has stories about how Wayne first got started in acting, his childhood,his marriages, his movies, and his death. I have really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Great Book on John Wayne
Review: "Duke We're Glad We Knew You" is an exellent book. People such as Harry Carey Jr., Ben Johnson, Lee Aaker, John Wayne's stepsister, and many more write of when they knew Duke.The foreward is written by Ronald Regan who knew Wayne personally. Author, Herb Fagen. interviewed many of them personally. The book has stories about how Wayne first got started in acting, his childhood,his marriages, his movies, and his death. I have really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Fagen's little book on Duke is better than most
Review: After spending over 6 years researching the career of actress Maureen O'Hara; conducting interviews with Harry Carey, Jr., John Agar, Anna Lee, Charles FitzSimons and Maureen, herself, my book shelf contains just about every bio written on Duke Wayne. Some are huge volumes, some are medium in size and all are reasonably good in various areas.. Whatever the pursuit of the authors of the icon known as "Duke" I find that I always go back to Fagen's book "Duke We're Glad We Knew You." It's kind of like sitting in on an interview of your own; listening to the statements of people who actually there at different times in Duke's life. The other bios on Duke are put aside - I pull out this book for some great reading. I highly recommend it. END
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Summary: The Duke: Remembered by his friends & colleagues.
Review: Critics complain that he was a Johnny-One Note who played the same person over & over, & wasn't very good at it. I say this is Baloney.The annecdotes & observations of the people who lived & worked with him that are found in this book show that he was able to do so much, physically, & emotionally with the characters he played. You come away with a better sense of why you cheered, laughed, & cried under the spell of his performances. Whether you agreed or disagreed with the actions of his character, you still cared for him & cared about what happened to him His friends, family, & co-workers loved & admired him & it shows very clearly in this wonderful book. Sure, he drank, & smoked, & was a staunch anti-commie, but he was also a loyal, funny, kind & gentle family man who worked hard to perfect his craft & cared about his co-workers. Read this book & understand.
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Summary: The Duke: Remembered by his friends & colleagues.
Review: Critics complain that he was a Johnny-One Note who played the same person over & over, & wasn't very good at it. I say this is Baloney. The annecdotes & observations of the people who lived & worked with him that are found in this book show that he was able to do so much, physically, & emotionally with the characters he played. You come away with a better sense of why you cheered, laughed, & cried under the spell of his performances. Whether you agreed or disagreed with the actions of his character, you still cared for him & cared about what happened to him His friends, family, & co-workers loved & admired him & it shows very clearly in this wonderful book. Sure, he drank, & smoked, & was a staunch anti-commie, but he was also a loyal, funny, kind & gentle family man who worked hard to perfect his craft & cared about his co-workers. Read this book & understand.
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Summary: GOD BLESS YOU, COUSIN HERB
Review: I am a huge fan and relative of Herb's writings. He has a true gift for the written word and I have enjoyed all of his books. Herb, my prayers and thoughts are with you during these very trying times. I am thinking of you incessantly and the entire family prays for you daily. Godspeed.
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Summary: One of the better movie star biographies
Review: The book "Duke We're Glad We Knew" was one of the better
movie star biographies I have read in a long time. This
was because of the way the book was written which consisted
mainly of reminiscences of people who knew and actually
worked with John Wayne such as Harry Carey, Jr or Ben
Johnson.
I would have liked to seen some reminiscences by some of
Wayne's family members as well as someone like Maureen
O'Hara who starred in so many of Wayne's films.
However, I would highly recommend this book to anyone
who is a John Wayne fan!!
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: This is a great book about the life of John Wayne. I think that any fan of his will be pleased with the way it was written. One of the best books written about his life.
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