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Book Public Cowboy No  1

Download or read book Public Cowboy No 1 written by Holly George-Warren and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George-Warren offers the first serious biography in which Gene Autry the legend becomes a flesh-and-blood man--with all the passions, triumphs, and tragedies of a flawed icon.

Book Back in the Saddle Again

Download or read book Back in the Saddle Again written by Gene Autry and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1978 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gene Autry's autobiography follows him from his Oklahoma childhood, through his enormous success as Hollywood's first singing cowboy, to his current life as head of a business empire

Book Gene Autry Westerns

Download or read book Gene Autry Westerns written by Boyd Magers and published by Empire Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gene Autry Book

Download or read book The Gene Autry Book written by David Rothel and published by Empire Pub. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Deal Cowboy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Duchemin
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2016-09-22
  • ISBN : 0806156708
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book New Deal Cowboy written by Michael Duchemin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known to Americans as the “singing cowboy,” beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907–1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry’s name and a few of his hit songs are still widely known today, his commitment to political causes and public diplomacy deserves greater appreciation. In this innovative examination of Autry’s influence on public opinion, Michael Duchemin explores the various platforms this cowboy crooner used to support important causes, notably Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. As a prolific performer of western folk songs and country-western music, Autry gained popularity in the 1930s by developing a persona that appealed to rural, small-town, and newly urban fans. It was during this same time, Duchemin explains, that Autry threw his support behind the thirty-second president of the United States. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Duchemin demonstrates how Autry popularized Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and made them more attractive to the American public. In turn, the president used the emerging motion picture industry as an instrument of public diplomacy to enhance his policy agendas, which Autry’s films, backed by Republic Pictures, unabashedly endorsed. As the United States inched toward entry into World War II, the president’s focus shifted toward foreign policy. Autry responded by promoting Americanism, war preparedness, and friendly relations with Latin America. As a result, Duchemin argues, “Sergeant Gene Autry” played a unique role in making FDR’s internationalist policies more palatable for American citizens reluctant to engage in another foreign war. New Deal Cowboy enhances our understanding of Gene Autry as a western folk hero who, during critical times of economic recovery and international crisis, readily assumed the role of public diplomat, skillfully using his talents to persuade a marginalized populace to embrace a nationalist agenda. By drawing connections between western popular culture and American political history, the book also offers valuable insight concerning the development of leisure and western tourism, the information industry, public diplomacy, and foreign policy in twentieth-century America.

Book Gene Autry

Download or read book Gene Autry written by Don Cusic and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This biography takes the reader from Gene Autry's childhood in Oklahoma through his career as a singer and actor, and covers his later triumphs in business and sports. Of particular interest is the book's detailed day-to-day treatment of Autry's performing career, with information on each recording session and film shoot, including key personnel and interesting anecdotes"--Provided by publisher.

Book Gene Autry and the Ghost Riders

Download or read book Gene Autry and the Ghost Riders written by Lewis B. Patten and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gene Autry meets the Ghost Riders in this 1955 in this young adult novel, originally published in 1955. [Facsimile Reprint Edition]

Book Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates

Download or read book Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates written by Bob Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.

Book Gene Autry and Raiders of the Range

Download or read book Gene Autry and Raiders of the Range written by Till Goodan and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gene Autry is called in to help his friend Tom Linden when cattle rustlers start branding his cattle.

Book Gene Autry and the Lost Dogie

Download or read book Gene Autry and the Lost Dogie written by and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Deal Cowboy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Duchemin
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2016-09-22
  • ISBN : 0806156716
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book New Deal Cowboy written by Michael Duchemin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known to Americans as the “singing cowboy,” beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907–1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry’s name and a few of his hit songs are still widely known today, his commitment to political causes and public diplomacy deserves greater appreciation. In this innovative examination of Autry’s influence on public opinion, Michael Duchemin explores the various platforms this cowboy crooner used to support important causes, notably Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. As a prolific performer of western folk songs and country-western music, Autry gained popularity in the 1930s by developing a persona that appealed to rural, small-town, and newly urban fans. It was during this same time, Duchemin explains, that Autry threw his support behind the thirty-second president of the United States. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Duchemin demonstrates how Autry popularized Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and made them more attractive to the American public. In turn, the president used the emerging motion picture industry as an instrument of public diplomacy to enhance his policy agendas, which Autry’s films, backed by Republic Pictures, unabashedly endorsed. As the United States inched toward entry into World War II, the president’s focus shifted toward foreign policy. Autry responded by promoting Americanism, war preparedness, and friendly relations with Latin America. As a result, Duchemin argues, “Sergeant Gene Autry” played a unique role in making FDR’s internationalist policies more palatable for American citizens reluctant to engage in another foreign war. New Deal Cowboy enhances our understanding of Gene Autry as a western folk hero who, during critical times of economic recovery and international crisis, readily assumed the role of public diplomat, skillfully using his talents to persuade a marginalized populace to embrace a nationalist agenda. By drawing connections between western popular culture and American political history, the book also offers valuable insight concerning the development of leisure and western tourism, the information industry, public diplomacy, and foreign policy in twentieth-century America.

Book Gene Autry and the Hawk of the Hills

Download or read book Gene Autry and the Hawk of the Hills written by H. C. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Who was that Masked Man

Download or read book Who was that Masked Man written by David Rothel and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colt

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey Richardson
  • Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9780789327109
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Colt written by Jeffrey Richardson and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s finest collection, the 100 most significant Colt revolvers are presented in this handsome volume. The Colt Single Action Revolver "won the West" by being the gun of choice on the American frontier, used by everyone from settlers and Native Americans to law-enforcement officers and outlaws. As a result of their shared history, the Colt revolver and the American West will forever be connected. Over its twenty-five-year history, the Autry National Center has compiled the finest assemblage of more than 500 Colt revolvers in the world, including the Colt Industries corporate collection. The Autry’s curator has selected the 100 most important examples to document and celebrate the history of Samuel Colt’s revolutionary invention. The revolvers include pieces of historical significance, opulently engraved specimens, and extremely rare models. Featured are an early prototype revolver, Wyatt Earp’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite guns, and the first modern revolvers designed by Tiffany & Co. Each gun is described in a detailed essay, and additional artifacts—historical photographs and art, uniforms, hats, and holsters—are featured to place the revolvers in their proper historical context. This handsome volume is ideal for the collector or enthusiast of the American West.

Book How the West Was Worn

    Book Details:
  • Author : Holly George-Warren
  • Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
  • Release : 2006-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780810992566
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book How the West Was Worn written by Holly George-Warren and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How the West Was Worn, Holly George-Warren and Michelle Freedman offer a sartorial history of the American West. From the pre-20th-century origins of western style to Hollywood westerns, rodeo stars, cowboy crooners, ranchers and businessmen, good old boys from the Tetons to Dallas are presented in all their tooled, embroidered, sequined, fringed, 10-galloned, gun-toting finery.

Book Border Boom Town

    Book Details:
  • Author : Oscar J. Martinez
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2011-04-06
  • ISBN : 9780292729827
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Border Boom Town written by Oscar J. Martinez and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Border Boom Town traces the social and economic evolution of Ciudad Juárez, the largest city on the U.S.-Mexican border and one of the fastest-growing urban centers in the world. In this evocative portrait, Oscar J. Martínez stresses the interdependence of Juárez and El Paso, a condition that is similar to relations between other "twin cities" along the border. Using a wide variety of local historical materials from both sides of the Río Grande, Martínez shows how Juárez entered the modern era with the arrival of the railroads in the 1880's, serving as a principal port of exit for waves of Mexican emigrants bound for the United States. In more recent years, increased migration to the area has resulted in extraordinary expansion of the population, with significant impact on both sides of the boundary. Proximity to the highly industrialized country to the north and remoteness from Mexico's centers of production have brought a multiplicity of assets and liabilities. Juárez's vulnerability to external conditions has led to alternating cycles of prosperity and depression since the establishment of the border in 1848. With the stimulus of new development programs in the 1960's and 1970's designed to integrate this neglected area into the national economic network, Juárez enjoyed the biggest boom in its history. However, government efforts to improve socioeconomic conditions failed to solve old problems and gave rise to new social ills. Ironically, the "Mexicanization" campaign on the border has led to unprecedented levels of foreign dependency. Martínez's analysis shows that integrating the northern Mexican frontier into the national economy remains an elusive and complex problem with which Mexico will continue to grapple for years to come. Border Boom Town traces the social and economic evolution of Ciudad Juárez, the largest city on the U.S.-Mexican border and one of the fastest-growing urban centers in the world. In this evocative portrait, Oscar J. Martínez stresses the interdependence of Juárez and El Paso, a condition that is similar to relations between other "twin cities" along the border. Using a wide variety of local historical materials from both sides of the Río Grande, Martínez shows how Juárez entered the modern era with the arrival of the railroads in the 1880's, serving as a principal port of exit for waves of Mexican emigrants bound for the United States. In more recent years, increased migration to the area has resulted in extraordinary expansion of the population, with significant impact on both sides of the boundary. Proximity to the highly industrialized country to the north and remoteness from Mexico's centers of production have brought a multiplicity of assets and liabilities. Juárez's vulnerability to external conditions has led to alternating cycles of prosperity and depression since the establishment of the border in 1848. With the stimulus of new development programs in the 1960's and 1970's designed to integrate this neglected area into the national economic network, Juárez enjoyed the biggest boom in its history. However, government efforts to improve socioeconomic conditions failed to solve old problems and gave rise to new social ills. Ironically, the "Mexicanization" campaign on the border has led to unprecedented levels of foreign dependency.Martínez's analysis shows that integrating the northern Mexican frontier into the national economy remains an elusive and complex problem with which Mexico will continue to grapple for years to come.

Book Gene Autry

Download or read book Gene Autry written by Steffi Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: