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Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. hardcover in dust jacket condition good. 409 p. 'Those Wide Open Spaces is the first comprehensive book to look at the leading cowboy movie heroes of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. With more than 225 full-page photographs (many never published previously), the book heralds the stories behind the rise of s 'Those Wide Open Spaces is the first comprehensive book to look at the leading cowboy movie heroes of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. With more than 225 full-page photographs (many never published previously), the book heralds the stories behind the rise of such greats as Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. To satisfy the interests of real movie buffs, there are chapters on those stars who made B-Westerns so popular, including Sunset Carson, Buster Crabbe, Tim Holt, Buck Jones, and Lash LaRue (to name only a few). Because these movies would never have been as good as they were without them, the author includes chapters on the "Saddle Queens" who made the heroes look even better--such as Anne Jefferys, Virginia Mayo and Jennifer Holt. To round out the presentation, there is a chapter on 100 of the top horses that blazed across the screen every Saturday afternoon. Editorial Reviews From the Inside Flap As long as there are little boys...as long as the little boy in many of us never grows up...there will be a void in our lives--a longing for those special days in our youth when there were heroes (living ones and fictional ones). For many leafing through this book, there is a remembrance of men going off to and coming home from war; there are images of figures standing tall against all manner of odds; there was a peaceful time when childhood meant that kids could be kids and nothing more. While this is a book dedicated to the memories of ficitional heroes long gone, the strength of recollection makes it possible to close one's eyes and literally go back to the days of Saturday matinees, cowboy heroes, villainous bad guys, six-shooters that did their job without the need for visual portrayls of agony and gore, and horses latered up from the chase. Remember Charlie King, the mustachioed bad guy who usually wore black and probably holds the record for being shot more times in B-Westerns than any other villan? Remember those rocks--you know, the ones that our hero rode by once, maybe twice, maybe even more while trying to apprehend some gang of bank robbers or carrle thieves? Those are the rocks pictures on the cover (front and back) of this book. Those rocks are a part of Americana--they're part of our lives. Those Wide Open Spaces is an effort of love. The author has spent much of his adult life collecting visual memories of those wonderful days of the matinee hero and presents them here in a tribute to the names thatremain emblazoned in our hearts and minds. About the Author Hank Williams has been a B-Western cowboy buff since his days as an usher at the State Theater in Elizabethtown, KY. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Hank played semi-pro baseball, co-wrote a couple of songs, andproduced sessions at Columbia Studios in Nashville. He has owned a small film company and promoted country music shows in Nashville. His favorite all-time cowboy hero is Hopalong Cassidy and Hank is very proud of his personal relationship with grace Bradley-Boyd, wife of the famous western hero. Hank is an avid Florida golfer
