Reel Cowboys: Western Stars of the Silver Screen

Bill O' Neal grew up in Corsicana, Texas, a community with five theaters. His favorites were the "shoot 'em ups," the cowboy movies where the tickets for kids were only nine cents, and on Saturdays the double feature was for the price of one. All over America, children watched Western heroes battle outlaws. There were fistfights and shootouts and galloping horseback chases. The cowboy heroes protected pretty girls and children and old people. They were brave and strong and always overcame evil! The author takes the young reader down the sawdust trail of nostalgia with profiles of actors like Hoot Gibson, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, down through Audie Murphy, John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood.Melissa Roberts is the author of 'Reel Cowboys: Western Stars of the Silver Screen' with ISBN 9781571683304 and ISBN 1571683305.