Posts from chester7777 in thread „Books on Duke- Past Discussion (Archive)“

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

Boy, Chester you are brave! I guess being 2000 miles you do have that flexibility.

So let them write their books and see where they go.

Cheers Hondo

Hopefully, the ash heap of history.

Chester

Quote from The Irish Duke

That Jensen book sounds like a hatchet job just to sell books, sounds like a book on Duke written by today's media. The allegation of Duke being an alcoholic particularly stands out to me, I might be way off here and obviously the Duke and his band of friends (Ford, Bond etc) enjoyed booze but I don't think Duke ever let it get in the way of his work or his family. If i'm wrong i'm open to correction.

Yes, the phrase," sounds like a hatchet job just to sell books,"does sort of permeate from the press release. The left still hates Duke, but what they really hate is the fact that so many folks around the world love Duke so much. There must be a way to change this, they are thinking. Maybe someone should write another book to bring out all his sins. Another comment made was the fact that the author is a lawyer. Here is a newspaper article describes why this could be a bad thing. One might also wonder if this author has been an undercover spy on this message board. Being he is from Alabama, this makes me look right at
Hondo . . . . . and wonder!

just kidding, Hondo, put down that gun!

Chester

Quote from Elly

Hello Everyone

Not exactly a "Duke book" but a place to buy at great discounts!

I ordered this last week (cannot wait to read it!)

Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema (Paperback)
By Anthony Balducci

I just got an email from the company offering me 10% off everything I order and telling me they have refunded 10% off this book as a promo was not applied correctly.

WELL! The book was discounted by 20% when I ordered it so now I have gotten a total of 30% OFF and the company do

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/


I am well pleased! Not only a great book judging by the reviews but a great price!

Elly

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Sounds like you have stumbled upon TWO gems - a book that sounds fascinating, AND a business that offers free shipping WORLDWIDE! Thanks so much for sharing this amazing find.

Chester

WOW! Mike, thanks for all those photos of the book! I would think the book would be a real gem to a German fan/collector of things John Wayne (others, too, of course). It looks pretty impressive!

Chester

If there's anybody around here who's read the book and can tell you about it, it'll be Mark (dukefan1). He has quite a collection of books on which movies are based (and also books which came out as result of the movie). Keep your eye out - I'm sure he'll share his thoughts.

Chester

Quote from Tbone

Have any of you read the book by Michael Munn, John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth?

The author claims to have had a lot of first hand access to Duke and his friends. I've only read excerpts.

Just wondering your thoughts and how accurate the book is.

Tbone,

Here are a couple of threads that discuss Mr. Munn's book -

Stalin Tried to Kill The Duke!

John Wayne 'The man behind the myth' by Michael Munn

Enjoy!

Chester

Quote from arthurarnell

Yes your right about the mis spelling, I'll apologise to him if he picks me up about it.

Hey, Arthur, WE'll never tell!

Thanks for sharing your story here. For anyone who wants to read it, just check the link in my signature! GREAT reading - you won't be sorry!

Chester

Quote from arthurarnell

The John Wayne Birthday Celebration was written by Michael Waak (Dakota Surfer) Regards . . .Arthur

Arthur,
Knowing how DS appreciates accuracy, his last name is spelled . . Waack.

Chester (A known expert in misspelling)

Wow! Arthur, it sounds like a WONDERFUL story!!

That alone would be incentive to get a copy of "The Trail Beyond"!

Chester and the Mrs.

ChiliBill,

I think you need a clickable link directing folks to your collection of books for sale.
I remember you were talking about reprinting your chili cookbooks, are they available?

Mike and Arthur,

Thanks for the heads up on this book. I see it selling on Amazon here in the US as well, but won't bother, based on your assessments.

Chester

Realizing this continues to be off the topic of the thread, but along with the current conversation about money . . . if we truly realized the value of the paper we call money, we would be sadly disillusioned, as it is all built on faith and a cataclysmic event may cause one to lose that faith.

Chester

We heartily agree in your choice of Fred Landesman's book. It is an invaluable resource for the John Wayne fan.

Chester

Quote from itdo

DUKE – THE JOHN WAYNE ALBUM, by Boswell & David
Handsome publication, great print, maybe the nicest of the “tribute” books that came to market in 79, mainly to cash in after JW’s death (I mean, why didn’t they honor him in 1978?)

While visiting my mom in Arizona the past week, the Mrs. was perusing the biography shelves of the library at their mobile home park, and found the above referenced book. It is quite interesting, with many items of trivia and some wonderful pictures. I hadn't seen it before, but after looking at it, decided it was well worth buying. Right now, it's pretty reasonable on Amazon and also on ebay (you could add it to your personal library for less than $10).

I've ordered my own copy!

Chester

Another book on which a JW presentation is based -

Flashing Spikes, by Frank O'Rourke, published in 1948.

Chester

wbbison,

We have a ton of John Wayne books, too, but don't have the time to read them all.

I noticed that over on the UK message board, you list your web site. I hope you'll take the time to update your profile here and list it here, too.

While checking out your site, I was looking over the titles of sheet music, and I saw "Marcheta: A Love Song of Old Mexico" from the movie They Were Expendable. In the past, we had some discussion regarding some of the music from that movie. Specifically, someone asked the name of the music played while John Wayne is dancing with Donna Reed. Do you know if the sheet music is for that song, or a different one in the movie?

Chester

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Originally posted by itdo@Sep 9 2003, 11:15 PM
TRUE GRITS, by Lee Pfeiffer and Michael Lewis
All right. This is a cook-book, using the titles of Wayne-films for receipts. Like “Cahill’s United States Mushrooms”. Those are NOT receipts for menus Walter Brennan cooked up at the chuckwagon, they are in no way related to the films. Oh well. At least there are some pictures.

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This little gem has been on my Amazon wish list for quite some time, and recently, needing something to round out an order to over $25 to qualify for the free shipping , I threw this on. It just came, and I wanted to mention that it has some interesting notes on some of the Duke's films. In addition, at the back of the book, it mentions Tim Lilley's The Big Trail, and also The John Wayne Film Society in Great Britain.

As itdo mentions, the recipes are "inspired" by the movies of John Wayne in title only, and don't represent food the Duke liked, or food that was featured in any movie. Examples would be Hellfritters (Hellfighters), The Fighting CBs (cheeseburgers) (The Fighting Seabees), and Hot Toddy! (Hatari!), just to name a few.

There are some good pictures, too!

In the interest of not derailing the original intent of this thread, if anyone has any questions about the book, please start a new topic, and I'd be happy to join in.

Mrs. C

It appears that all the information about Fred Landesmans Book may have been lost in this weeks "excitement", does anyone still have that information that they could repost?

Thanks

Chester

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Originally posted by dukefan1@Sep 10 2003, 07:22 AM
I have gotten quite a few books off ebay and have never been disapointed. Dukefan1

dukefan1 (and anybody else who loves books),

Ebay is a good source, and so is Amazon.com. In fact, before I will bid on Ebay, I check to see if the book is available at Amazon. It often is, and at a fixed price (no bidding war there). Shipping on Amazon for one item, used, is generally $3.50 and I take that into account when determining which place will serve me better.
Also, anything bought new that adds up to $25.00 or more, you get free shipping.

Happy shopping!

Chester

itdo,

A gigantic THANKS to you for posting all of this!! For us who are newbies in the collecting of books related to the Duke, it looks like we've got our work cut out for us. It's really great having all this info in one location, instead of a piece here and a tidbit there, to have to search out. You know, some people posts lists on Amazon, and I think you've got the grand-daddy of lists right here!

itdo, you are truly amazing!

Chester and the Mrs.