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A New Biography Shows That ‘John Wayne’ Was His Own Best Creation

Self-Made

Scott Eyman’s new life of the actor John Wayne portrays an extremely complicated man who invented his own public persona and played it beautifully.

Christopher Bray
Christopher Bray
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Christopher Bray

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