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Article: Duke of America How John Wayne made himself the emblem of a nation

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February 23, 1997
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JOHN WAYNE'S AMERICA The Politics of Celebrity By Garry Wills. Simon & Schuster. 380 pp. Illustrated. $26. DUKE, WE'RE GLAD WE KNEW YOU John Wayne's Friends and Colleagues Remember His Remarkable Life By Herb Fagen. Birch Lane Press. 246 pp. Illustrated. $22.50. Mark Feeney is a member of the Globe staff.

Perhaps no other star poses quite the problem John Wayne does: What exactly does one call him?

"Duke," with its implication of intimacy, sounds phony. "Wayne" seems too distanced for such an immediate presence -- it would almost be better to go all the way and make it "Mr. Wayne." For that matter, the surname courts obscurity. By itself, "Wayne" could just as easily stand for . . . ...

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