Jumat, 06 Januari 2017

Roundup- April 2015 Wild West

Duke’s Life Lessons  Anyone familiar with John Wayne films knows that the Duke has a few tried-and-true ways of dealing with the situations life (or the director) hands him. Call it the “Wayne Way,” as author Douglas Brode does in his 2014 book John Wayne’s Way: Life Lessons From the Duke. Noting that Wayne’s onscreen …

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