John Wayne Was Here

<p> 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 <I>True Grit</I> (1969) and Davy Crockett's last stand in <I>The Alamo</I> (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.</p>