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GUNSMOKE: An American Institution
Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western by Ben Costello "I thought that Gunsmoke was a terrific show to be on, and I didn't know it then,
Starting on September 10, 1955, and continuing for more than 600 episodes over the next twenty years, Gunsmoke ruled the airwaves. Never in the history of television had a show so captured the hearts of both youngsters and adults. Each week, Marshal Matt Dillon and his friends would face a new threat to the peace and lawfulness of their frontier home of Dodge City, Kansas—and each week, goodness and determination prevailed. It was the perfect antidote for a country still emerging from the darkness of World War II. In recognition of this, the show’s golden anniversary, author Ben Costello has produced a remarkable testament to the on-screen characters and off-screen individuals who made the story lines come alive. With lead performer biographies, hundreds of episode and behind-the-scenes photographs, complete episode logs, updates on all the surviving cast members, and interviews with the show’s luminaries, GUNSMOKE: An American Institution will be a favorite for fans and historians alike. The second edition is now available and it includes a 40 page index. Read an excerpt from GUNSMOKE online! You may also be interested in reading Jack and Walter: The Films of Lemmon and Matthau by Ben Costello. Other books of interest are John Wayne - An American Legend by Roger M. Crowley, A Feather in the Rain, by Alex Cord and The Misadventures of a Roving Cartoonist by Tom Gill, illustrator for the Lone Ranger comic strip. Additionally Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans has written the introducton for I Just Am, a story of Down Syndrome awareness and tolerance. Web site: http://www.50yearsofgunsmoke.com ISBN 978-1-58985-014-9 $ 75.00 Published by Five Star Legends, a division of Five Star Publications Published 2nd Edition 2007 Hardcover 11 x 8 1/2 © 1996-2009 Five Star Publications, Inc.. No portion of this website may be reprinted without express written consent of Five Star Publications, Inc. |
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