Joseph Malham, author of John Ford: Poet in the Desert to speak at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum on Saturday, October 10, 2015

Press kit Joseph Malham

Joseph Malham, a Chicago based author and artist will speak at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum on Saturday, October 10 at noon. Malham is the author of John Ford: Poet in the Desert, an award winning biography of the legendary director whose life and Oscar-winning career is inextricably linked with John Wayne from 1927 to Ford’s death in 1973. Malham’s talk will focus on the mythic elements of Wayne’s westerns (especially his legendary collaborations with Ford) and how they helped to shape and inform American Mythology in the 20th Century. Copies of Malham’s book will be available for sale in the gift shop and he will be happy to sign all copies.

“Bill on the Road” Returns to Winterset

First here during the summer of 2014, internet personality Bill Clevlen is drawn back to Winterset—“one of the best representations for the phrase ‘small town USA.’” He talks about visiting the newly-opened John Wayne Birthplace Museum and other delightful features of this Midwestern gem. Click here to read.

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