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Review of Scott Eyman’s "John Wayne: The Life and Legend"

by Ron Briley

Readers seeking to place Wayne within a larger historical and cultural context would do better to consult the scholarship of historians such as Randy Roberts, James S. Olson, and Garry Wills.

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Review of Scott Eyman’s "John Wayne: The Life and Legend"

by Ron Briley