About the Author

Michael Duchemin is Executive Director of the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, and has also served as curator with the Autry National Center in Los Angeles.

Reviews

In this fascinating, definitive account of America's favorite singing cowboy, Michael Duchemin reveals Gene Autry as one of the most important cultural figures of the Great Depression years."" - Peter Stanfield, author of Horse Opera: The Strange History of the Singing Cowboy