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Best Gift Book Glyph in Arizona for Gunsmoke: An American Institution
Gunsmoke: An American Institution is "Best Books 2006" winner in the Film/Television/Radio category by USABookNews.com Sagebrush Press Bookstore in Yucca Valley Celebrates Release of GUNSMOKE: An American Institution Burt Reynolds Museum Celebrates Release of Commemorative Gunsmoke Book FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 9, 2005 Contact: Linda Radke / Five Star Publications, Inc. Phone: 480-940-8182 - Fax: 480-940-8787 E-mail: info@fivestarpublications.com Website: http://www.50YearsofGunsmoke.com Could it possibly be 50 years since Marshal Dillon came to Dodge City? New book commemorates golden anniversary of Gunsmoke, television's most popular Western On September 10, 1955, John Wayne introduced the first episode of Gunsmoke. There were plenty of Westerns available on network television back then, but most were geared for a much younger audience. The target audience of Gunsmoke also included the adult crowd, those still emerging from the darkness of World War II. They embraced Marshal Matt Dillon, Miss Kitty of the Long Branch Saloon, Doc, and first Chester and then Festus. Every week, goodness and strength were tested, and every week they emerged victorious. 
Gunsmoke was arguably the most popular television drama in U.S. history. The show was on the air for 20 years, with the final episode being telecast on September 1, 1975. There's probably not a place on the planet that you can't catch a Gunsmoke rerun even today.
In celebration of this, the show's golden anniversary year, author Ben Costello has compiled GUNSMOKE: An American Institution-Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western, a comprehensive book that contains an impressive array of facts, figures, more than 500 episode and behind-the-scenes photographs, and stories from the sets where cameras recorded the trials and tribulations of this American frontier town. The book also includes bios of the actors and actresses who brought the story lines to life each week, updates on all surviving cast members, a complete episode log with full guest star credits, and revealing interviews. This book reveals for fans and historians alike the facts and mystique behind this record-breaking show. Readers will learn what it takes for a show to survive two decades on television and they will begin to understand the challenges the writers and producers of Gunsmoke faced in creating the show's more than 600 episodes. Scheduled to be released in August, GUNSMOKE: An American Institution (ISBN 1-58985-014-9, non-fiction, hard cover), is being published by Five Star Publications, P.O. Box 6698, Chandler, AZ 85246-6698. The book will be available through Ingram and Baker & Taylor. A special, limited edition of the book is also being planned that will contain the actual autographs of some of the show's biggest and most popular stars. To schedule an interview with the author, please contact the publisher. Web site: http://www.50yearsofgunsmoke.com ISBN 1-58985-014-9 $ 75.00 Published by Five Star Publications, Inc. Published 2nd Edition 2007 Hardcover 11 x 8 1/2 © 1996-2007 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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