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Cowboy Stuntman : From Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen by Dean Smith (2013, Hardcover)
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COWBOY STUNTMAN: FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO THE SILVER SCREEN By Dean Smith & Mike Cox - Hardcover **BRAND NEW**.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas Tech University Press
ISBN-100896727890
ISBN-139780896727892
eBay Product ID (ePID)150645723
Product Key Features
Book TitleCowboy Stuntman : from Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicEntertainment & Performing Arts, Acting & Auditioning, Sports
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDean Smith
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-003747
ReviewsDean Smith is the perfect image of a Texas gentlemen and consummate professional. His unbelievably varied life has held many uplifting moments that helped make him one of the grandest men I have ever known. I know that you will enjoy the stories of his life. -Red Steagall, Dean Smith is the perfect image of a Texas gentlemen and consummate professional. His unbelievably varied life has held many uplifting moments that helped make him one of the grandest men I have ever known. I know that you will enjoy the stories of his life. --Red Steagall, The life story of Dean Smith reads like a Mark Twain novel; a wishful, determined, small-town boy grows up and makes good. Along the way he sets college records, wins an Olympic gold medal, plays professional football, and then accomplishes his greatest ambition of all: he becomes a motion picture and television stuntman. . . . Dean's story is one of incredible achievement and tells us that indeed dreams can come true. --James Garner, I've known Dean Smith for almost thirty years. He has led an interesting and varied career. Known and respected in the movie business as a top stunt man and a versatile character actor, he is also a man of his word. Somebody to ride the river with! --Barry Corbin, Dean ran so fast you couldn't photograph him. We had to slow him down just to get the shot. His book takes me back to the glory days of living and making westerns in Hollywood. It is exciting, humorous, and action packed, a darn good read. I've never had a better friend. --Dale Robertson, Dean Smith's career as a real Cowboy turned Hollywood stuntman is wonderfully portrayed in this page-turner. I am proud to know a man of such talent and grit. His achievements and exploits will give readers much enjoyment and appreciation for a now bygone era of movie history in America. --Bob Lilly, Dean ran so fast you couldn't photograph him. We had to slow him down just to get the shot. His book takes me back to the glory days of living and making westerns in Hollywood. It is exciting, humorous, and action packed, a darn good read. I've never had a better friend. --Dale Robertson
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal791.43028092
SynopsisDean Smith has taken falls from galloping horses, engaged in fistfights with Kirk Douglas and George C. Scott, donned red wig and white tights to double Maureen O'Hara, and taught Goldie Hawn how to talk like a Texan. He's dangled from a helicopter over the skyscrapers of Manhattan while clutching a damsel in distress, hung upside down from a fake blimp 200 feet over the Orange Bowl, and replicated one of the most famous scenes in movie history by climbing on a thundering team of horses to stop a runaway stagecoach. Cowboy Stuntman chronicles the life and achievements of this colorful Texan and Olympic gold medal winner who spent a half century as a Hollywood stuntman and actor, appearing in ten John Wayne movies and doubling for a long list of actors as diverse as Robert Culp, Michael Landon, Steve Martin, Strother Martin, Robert Redford, and Roy Rogers., Dean Smith has taken falls from galloping horses, engaged in fistfights with Kirk Douglas and George C. Scott, donned red wig and white tights to double Maureen O?Hara, and taught Goldie Hawn how to talk like a Texan. He?s dangled from a helicopter over the skyscrapers of Manhattan while clutching a damsel in distress, hung upside down from a fake blimp 200 feet over the Orange Bowl, and replicated one of the most famous scenes in movie history by climbing on a thundering team of horses to stop a runaway stagecoach. Cowboy Stuntman chronicles the life and achievements of this colorful Texan and Olympic gold medal winner who spent a half century as a Hollywood stuntman and actor, appearing in ten John Wayne movies and doubling for a long list of actors as diverse as Robert Culp, Michael Landon, Steve Martin, Strother Martin, Robert Redford, and Roy Rogers.
LC Classification NumberPN1998.3.S58585A3
As told toCox, Mike
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- Aug 12, 2018
Great Book!
Great book about the life of a stuntman in Hollywood starting in the late 1950s. Dean Smith worked on films with the top stars of the day. The book also tells the story of his inspirational grandmother and a great coach that led him to the Olympics and a gold medal. Going to the Olympics in the summer of 1952 was an interesting part of the book. The life of an Olympian back then, while important, did not have the glamour that comes with it today.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Feb 01, 2020
Great Read
Best book I have read In a long time. I didn't want to put It down til I was done and almost didn't. It's a very Interesting book about a very Interesting guy....Dean Smith. It's packed full of Info you probably won't get anywhere else. It's one of those Rare Books that you don't want to end. A++++++ !Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- May 19, 2020
"Thrills, Spills and More!"
Great book of great memories! Both His and mine.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
