{"product_id":"real-american-character-the-life-of-walter-brennan-paperback","title":"Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Rollyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in \u003ci\u003eThe Real McCoys\u003c\/i\u003e. He appeared in over two hundred motion pictures and became the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting, which celebrated the actor's unique role as the voice of the American Western. His life journey from Swampscott, Massachusetts, to Hollywood, to a twelve thousand-acre cattle ranch in Joseph, Oregon, is one of the great American stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the first biography of this epic figure, Carl Rollyson reveals Brennan's consummate mastery of virtually every kind of role while playing against and often stealing scenes from such stars as Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, and John Wayne. Rollyson fully explores Brennan's work with Hollywood's greatest directors, such as Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Fritz Lang. As a father and grandfather, Brennan instilled generations of his family with an outlook on the American Dream that remains a sustaining feature of their lives today. His conservative politics, which grew out of his New England upbringing and his devout Catholicism, receive meticulous attention and a balanced assessment in \u003ci\u003eA Real American Character\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with the full cooperation of the Brennan family and drawing on material in archives from every region of the United States, this new biography presents an artist and family man who lived and breathed an American idealism that made him the Real McCoy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Rollyson \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of journalism at Baruch College, CUNY. He is author of many biographies, including \u003ci\u003eFaulkner On and Off the Page: Essays in Biographical Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSylvia Plath Day by Day, Volumes 1 \u0026amp; 2\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWilliam Faulkner Day by Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMarilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also coauthor (with Lisa Paddock) of \u003ci\u003eSusan Sontag: The Making of an Icon, Revised and Updated. \u003c\/i\u003eHis reviews of biographies have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e. He also writes a column on biography twice a week for the\u003ci\u003e New York Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506162352306,"sku":"9781496862198","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/304nda2ZTz9781496862198.webp?v=1779548367","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/real-american-character-the-life-of-walter-brennan-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}