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Title

Cowboy stuntman : from Olympic gold to the silver screen / Dean Smith with Mike Cox ; foreword by James Garner.

Author

Smith, Dean, 1932-

Publication

Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors

• Cox, Mike, 1948-
• Cox, Mike.
• Garner, James.

Description

xviii, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm

Summary

""Chronicles the life and achievements of Dean Smith, a Texan and Olympic gold medal winner who became a Hollywood stuntman and actor"--

Uniform Title

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Subject

• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
• Olympic athletes > United States > Biography
• Smith, Dean, 1932-
• Smith, Dean, 1933-
• Stunt performers > United States > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes filmography (pages [213]-217) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Illustrations -- Foreword / James Garner -- Unsung Heroes: The Author's Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Texas Roots -- Chapter 2. Saturday Westerns -- Chapter 3. Riding, Roping, and Running -- Chapter 4. Hill Hall -- Chapter 5. Helsinki -- Chapter 6. Back to the Real World -- Chapter 7. Going Pro -- Chapter 8. Maverick Was His Name -- Chapter 9. Tales of Wells Fargo -- Chapter 11. In the Money -- Chapter 12. Back to TV and More Westerns -- Chapter 13. Doubling the King of the Cowboys -- Chapter 14. It's a Wrap: Back to Texas -- Dean Smith Filmography -- Chronology of Honors -- Letter from Bob Mathias -- Letter from the John Wayne Family -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780896727892 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0896727890 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780896727908 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013003747

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library