John Wayne in Arizona

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Contact:

Michael Kloberdanz

Sun Valley Lodge

Phone (623) 933-0137

Fax (623) 933-5846

mike@sunvalleylodge.org

www.sunvalleylodge.org

 

John Wayne in Arizona

 

Sun City, Arizona – Monday, March 17, 2014 – Sun Valley Lodge is hosting a free presentation entitled “Riding with the Duke: John Wayne in Arizona” on Thursday, March 27^th at 10:30 AM.  The program will be presented by author Greg McNamee and is part of the Lodge’s Discover Arizona series.  The series is made possible through a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council. 

 

John Wayne was born in Iowa and lived for most of his adult life in Los Angeles—or at least, he received his mail there. In reality, he considered the desert to be his true home, and he spent many years exploring, living, and investing in Arizona, where, at various points, he produced his own films, raised cattle, operated a game ranch, and was seemingly everywhere at once, turning up one day in Eagar, another in Casa Grande, another in Tucson, still another in Kingman. More than thirty years after his death, Wayne remains an iconic presence in American popular culture. In this talk, Gregory McNamee, who often writes about film and western history alike for such publications as the Encyclopaedia Britannica and The Hollywood Reporter, looks at the Duke’s long career in Arizona.

 

Greg McNamee is a writer, editor, photographer, and publishing consultant. He is the author of thirty books and of more than three thousand articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopædia Britannica, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management, also at the University of Arizona.

 

The Discover Arizona series consists of four programs that each feature a different aspect of Arizona history presented by an accomplished speaker.  Programs are scheduled for every Thursday in March at 10:30 AM. 

 

All of the programs are free and open to the public.  Sun Valley Lodge is located at 12415 N. 103^rd Avenue in Sun City.  For more details please call 623-933-0137.

 

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Sun Valley Lodge is a nonprofit organization and has been providing independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care in Sun City, Arizona for over 40 years.