GUNSMOKE: An American Institution Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western by Ben Costello 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. Find GUNSMOKE: An American Institution at many Costco stores throughout Southwestern United States. Read an excerpt from GUNSMOKE online! You may also be interested in: Limited Edition 50 Years of Gunsmoke - $249.00 Only 100 copies will be available Use this button to purchase directly from Five Star Publications GUNSMOKE: An American Institution on CD Jack and Walter: The Films of Lemmon and Matthau by Ben Costello. Other books of interest are; Perfectly Amanda written by Beckey Burgoyne about Gunsmoke's Amanda Blake A Feather in the Rain, by Alex Cord 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. Can't see the commercial? Click here to launch in external player. 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, Inc. Published 2nd Edition 2007 Hardcover 11 x 8 1/2 Other related items that you might enjoy: GUNSMOKE: An American Institution on CD Jack & Walter Main   Author   News   Media Materials   Accessories   Book Tour   Reviews   © 1996-2011 Five Star Publications, Inc.. No portion of this website may be reprinted without express written consent of Five Star Publications, Inc.