About this Book

This is a story about John Wayne, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper andTommy Lee Jones ... well, not really. It is a story about the cowboy hero these mere actors attempt to portray on the silver screen, as in 'I'm not a cowboy hero but I play one on tv.' It is a biography of one whose story will seem larger than life. Remember the name Warner Glenn. Ed Ashurst leaves no stone unturned. This history book is a slice of the pioneer west for hte last two centuries. In that sense it is dense with genealogy and the settling of the Arizona Territory since 1816.