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Don't pick up this book expecting to soon put it down. A veritable parade of characters populates its pages: Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev; Ted Williams and Ronald Reagan; Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara. In The Duke, the Longhorns, and Chairman Mao, towering always is John Wayne. As author Steven Travers says, Wayne became 'an utter myth, a legend of the very highest order.' This book deftly explores Wayne's appeal and his exquisite grasp of Middle America's joys, worries, and confessions of the heart. A terrific read. -- Curt Smith, speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush; author of Voices of the Game Steven Travers has been one of the nation's top authors for nearly two decades. This book showcases what Travers does best-combining sports with the political and sociological landscape-and nobody does it better. The Duke, the Longhorns, and Chairman Mao is a must-read. -- Fred Wallin, Sports Byline Broadcast Network

Don't pick up this book expecting to soon put it down. A veritable parade of characters populates its pages: Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev; Ted Williams and Ronald Reagan; Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara. In The Duke, The Longhorns, and Chairman Mao, towering always is John Wayne. As author Steven Travers says, Wayne became 'an utter myth, a legend of the very highest order.' This book deftly explores Wayne's appeal and his exquisite grasp of Middle America's joys, worries, and confessions of the heart. A terrific read. -- Curt Smith, speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush; and author of Voices of the Game, Windows on the White House, and Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story Steven Travers has been one of the nation's top authors for nearly two decades. This book showcases what Travers does best-combining sports with the political and sociological landscape-and nobody does it better. The Duke, the Longhorns, and Chairman Mao is a must-read. -- Fred Wallin, Sports Byline Broadcast Network

Don't pick up this book expecting to soon put it down. A veritable parade of characters populates its pages: Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev; Ted Williams and Ronald Reagan; Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara. In The Duke, the Longhorns, and Chairman Mao, towering always is John Wayne. As author Steven Travers says, Wayne became 'an utter myth, a legend of the very highest order.' This book deftly explores Wayne's appeal and his exquisite grasp of Middle America's joys, worries, and confessions of the heart. A terrific read. -- Curt Smith, former speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush; author of Voices of the Game; regular columnist for GateHouse Media Inc. newspapers Steven Travers has been one of the nation's top authors for nearly two decades. This book showcases what Travers does best-combining sports with the political and sociological landscape-and nobody does it better. The Duke, the Longhorns, and Chairman Mao is a must-read. -- Fred Wallin, Sports Byline Broadcast Network

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Steven Travers is the author of more than twenty books, including Barry Bonds: Baseball’s Superman, nominated for a Casey Award as Best Baseball Book of 2002, and One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed a Nation, a 2007 PNBA nominee, subject of the CBS/CSTV documentary Tackling Segregation, and currently in film development. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Travers coached at USC, Cal-Berkeley and in Europe; served in the Army; attended law school; and has been a sports agent. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, StreetZebra magazine, and the San Francisco Examiner. Travers has been a guest lecturer at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications since 2006 and writes for Gentry magazine. His screenplays include The Lost Battalion, 21, and Wicked. He lives in California and has a daughter, Elizabeth Travers Lee.

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