Burt Kennedy

A Hollywood screen writer and director, Kennedy is best known as the director of the John Wayne epic, The War Wagon. Known for injecting humor into the usually sober Western genre, Kennedy enjoyed working on the James Garner films Support Your Local Sheriff and Support Your Local Gunfighter, spinning off Garner's "Maverick" character. He also directed the Frank Sinatra Western spoof Dirty Dingus McGee and co-wrote the screenplay for the classic book Catch-22. Kennedy died at his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home on February 15 from cancer. He was 78. From This is True for 11 February 2001 Suggestions for further reading: All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, Book 1) by Cormac McCarthy Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: A very good, touching, sobering story. The language is the most basic and yet complicated sort of combination. It's perfect. Makes one yearn for riding horses.   Hidden Fires by Sandra Brown Amazon Price: $6.99 Customer Review: This was my first romance novel and the only reason I purchased it is because of its rave reviews, and let me tell you it delivered. I'll admit the beginning was slow but after that it took off! I literally could not put this book down. I love both ...   For the Roses by Julie Garwood Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: This has every thing! Its a great sweet romance and I can't wait to read the sequels!! Its that goods!!!   Two Brothers: The Lawman / The Gunslinger (2 Books in 1) by Linda Lael Miller Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: This was my first LLM book and I was not disappointed. Two great stories with very likeable main characters. Sometimes it feels like you get cheated when more than one story gets put into the same book, but not here. I felt both were quite satisfy...   The Women of Primrose Creek (Omnibus): Bridget/Christy/Skye/Megan by Linda Lael Miller Amazon Price: $7.99 Customer Review: I did not enjoy this book as much as some others I have read of Linda Lael Miller.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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