Below are the books I have collected and read

over the years. They were well enjoyed!

 

  

DUKE: The Real Story of John Wayne

                                    by Jean Ramer  1973

 

  John Ford's Stagecoach staring John Wayne 

                                                     edited by Richard J. Anobile 1975

 

   Duke: Staring John Wayne

                                       by Gene Fernett 1976

 

    Four Giants Of The West

                                          by David Hanna    1976

 

   John Wayne: America, Why I Love Her 

                                       with Billy Liebert and John Mitchum 1977

 

   Duke: The John Wayne Album  

                                        by  John Boswell & Jay David    1979

 

   John Wayne: The Actor, The Man 

                                              by  George Bishop . 1979

 

   The Life and Times of John Wayne 

                                                         by  Hamlyn  1979

 

   Shooting Star: A Biography of John Wayne 

                                            by  Maurice Zolotow   1974, 1979

 

   The John Wayne Story

                                 by George Carpozi Jr.  1979

 

    John Wayne

                                          by Allen Eyles.  1979

 

   John Wayne "A Tribute"

                                         by Norm Goldstein 1979

 

   John Wayne Paper Dolls 

                                               by  Tom Tierney    1981

 

    Gone But Not Forgotten

                                                by Patricia Fox - Sheinwold   1982

 

   Duke: A Love Story 

                                  by  Pat Stacy with Beverly Linet   1983

 

   The Official John Wayne Reference Book 

                                                                   by  Charles John Kieskalt    1985

 

    Duke: The Life And Times of John Wayne

                                                 by Donald Shepherd and Robert Slatzer with Dave Grayson    1985

 

   John Wayne: My Life With The Duke 

                                          by Pilar Wayne with Alex Thorleifson  1987

 

   The Complete Films of John Wayne 

                                            by  Mark Ricci, Boris Zmijewski, and Steve Zmijewski   1990

 

   John Wayne: My Father

                                  by Aissa Wayne with Steve Delsohn  1991  

 

    John Wayne: A Bio-Bibliography

                                      by Judith M. Riggin   1992

 

    On Board With The Duke: John Wayne and the Wild Goose

                                                 by Captain Bert Minshall with Clark Sharon   1992

                                                

   The John Wayne Scrapbook 

                                                           by  Lee Pfeiffer  1994

 

    John Wayne: American 

                                   by  Randy Roberts and James s. Olson  1995

 

   The Duke: A Life In Pictures

                                                                  by  Rob L. Wagner   1997

 

    Duke: We're Glad We Knew You 

                                                   by  Herb Fagen  1998

 

   John Wayne: There Rode A Legend 

                                                                        by Jane Pattie  2000

 

 

                                                     BOOKS OF HIS MOVIES

 

    The Spoilers 

                                by  Rex Beach 1905

 

   The Shepherd of the Hills 

                                       by  Harold Bell Wright  1907

 

    The Three Godfathers

                                      by Peter B. Kyne    1924

 

    Mother MaCree

                                         by Rida Johnson Young    1924

 

    Hangman's House

                                           by Donn Byrne    1926

 

  The Dark Command 

                                      by  W. R. Burnett  1938

 

    They Were Expendable 

                                                        by  W. L. White  1942

 

  Reap The Wild Wind 

                               by  Thelma Strabel  1943

 

   Wake Of The Red Witch 

                                by  Garland Roark   1946

 

   Red River 

                        by  Borden Chase  1948

 

   The High and the Mighty

                                           by Ernest K. Gann 1953

 

   Hondo 

                                 by  Louis L’Amour 1953

 

   Blood Alley 

                                  by  A. S. Fleischman  1955

 

   The Sea Chase 

                                       by  Andrew Geer 1955

 

   The Horse Soldiers 

                         by  Harold Sinclair  1956

 

   The War Wagon 

                        by  Clair Huffaker 1957

 

    The Wings Of Eagles

                                       by Walt Grove   1957

 

    Legend Of The Lost

                                         by Bonnie Golightly    1957

 

   The Longest Day 

                       by  Cornelius Ryan  1959

 

    Rio Bravo

                                     by Leigh Brackett   1959

 

   The Stars and Their Courses (El Dorado) 

                                                                     by  Harry Brown  1960

 

    The Alamo

                                          by Steve Frazee    1960

 

   The Comancheros 

                         by Paul Wellman 1961

 

   Island In The Sky 

                                       by  Ernest K. Gahn  1961

 

   The Searchers

                        by  Alan Le May   1962

 

   Harm’s Way 

                                        by  James Bassett  1962

 

   The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance  

                                                 Novelization by James Warner Bellah  1962

 

     Hatari

                                           by Michael Milner   1962

 

   McLintock 

                       by  Richard Wormser   1963

 

    Cast A Giant Shadow

                                     by Ted Berkman   1966

 

   True Grit 

                        by  Charles Portis   1968

 

   The Undefeated

                                     by Jim Thompson    1969

 

   Chisum  

                         1971  Novelization by Sam Bowie based on screenplay by Andrew J. Fenady

 

   The Cowboys  

                                by William Dale Jennings.   1971

 

   Big Jake 

                        Novelization by Richard Deming  based on a screenplay by Harry Julian Frank and Rita M. Fink 1971

 

   The Train Robbers

                         Novelization by Sam Bowie based on screenplay by Burt Kennedy  1973

 

   Cahill: United States Marshal 

                        Novel by Joe Millard based on a screenplay by Harry Julian Frank and Rita M. Fink 1973

 

   Stagecoach

                                 by Ernest Haycox   1973

 

    McQ

                                       by Alexander Edwards    1974

 

   Rooster Cogburn 

                       by  Martin Julien  1975

 

   The Shootist  

                                    by  Glendon Swarthout.   1981

 

    How The West Was Won

                                  by Louis L'amour   1988