ASIN: B00KVVR94S
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 126
*Includes pictures*Includes their quotes about their lives and careers*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Music has been the better part of my career. Movies are wonderful fun and they give you a famous face." - Gene Autry“I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.” – Roy RogersIn the early 20th century, Westerns were one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, and one of the young stars at the forefront was Gene Autry, a Texan whose life story made him a natural to be the country’s most famous “singing cowboy”. Autry would become a symbol of masculinity and morality on screen during the 1930s, but it was effortless for someone who had already grown up riding horses to school. Autry came of age at a time when the “singing cowboy” was at the apex of his popularity, and like his most famous ...
