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JOHN WAYNE, MY FATHER JOHN WAYNE, MY FATHER Aissa Wayne J with Steve Delsohn TAYLORTR ADEPU BLISHING Lanham New York Oxford Copyright 0 1998 by Aissa Wayne and Steve Delsohn All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means- including photocopying and electronic reproduction-without written permission from the publisher. Published by Taylor Trade Publishing An imprint of The Roman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 Lanham, Maryland 20706 Distributed by National Book Network Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wayne, Aissa. John Wayne, my father 1 Aissa Wayne with Steve Delsohn. p. cm. Originally published: London: Robert Hale Limited, c1991. Includes index. ISBN 0-87833-959-0 ISBN 978-0-87833-959-1 1. Wayne, John, 1907-1979. 2. Motion picture actors and actresses-United States-Biography. I. Delsohn, Steve. 11. Title. PN2287.W454W38 1998 791.43'028'092-dc21 [Bl 97-47322 CIP Printed in the United States of America TO MY MOTHER, PILARW AYNE, THE MOST GRACIOUS HUMAN BEING 1 HAVEEVERENCOUNTERED. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My thanks to my three beautiful children-Jennifer, Nicky and Anastasia-for their special love and also for once in a while tuck- ing me in at night! Thanks to Mary St. John and Debbie Schweic- kert for reliving part of the past with me. Thanks to Lou Nelson, Frank Weimann, and David Rosenthal for their enthusiasm and support. And a special thanks to Steve Delsohn for being so extraor- dinarily sensitive and understanding. -Aissa Wayne My thanks to Mary St. John, Pilar Wayne, and Debbie Doner for sharing their lives and insights; to Lou Nelson and Cheryl Booth for their energetic and expert contributions; to Frank Weimann for his unstinting belief in the book and in me; to Joni Evans for her sup- port and generous spirit. A special thanks goes to David Rosenthal, my kind and extraor- dinary editor. Thanks to my wife, Mary Kay, the best friend I've ever had and forever the love of my life. -Steve Delsohn LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Between pages 54 and 55 1 Aissa in her father's embrace (1961) 2 The show-biz baby (1956) 3 Aissa at six months (1956) 4 Aissa at one year (1957) 5 Aissa at age two (1958) 6 On her second birthday with her father (1958) 7 Aissa and her mother, Pilar, at home in Encino (1958) 8 With Pilar and a new bike, Christmas 1958 9 Wayne rose every morning before 5.30, wired by energy and caffeine 10 Wayne with Aissa in Encino (1961) 11 Wayne, Aissa and Pilar in 1959 12-14 Aissa's seventh birthday (1963) 15 A chess match (1963) 16 As a child, Aissa felt a constant need to be near her father (1963) 17 'John Wayne's daughter, Aissa, and $850,000 in Cartier Diamonds' 18 John Wayne's maternal grandfather 19 His maternal grandmother 20 Wayne attended USC on a football scholarship (1925) 21 He went on to become box office gold (1949) 22 The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) 23 Rio Grande (1950) 24 The Green Berets (1967) 25 Wayne with first wife, Josephine Saenz 26 Their four children (1951) 27 Wayne with wife number two, Esperanza Bauer (1951) 28 He married Pilar Palette in 1954 29 Wayne and Pilar (1955) 30 Aissa and brother Ethan (1963)
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