John Wayne gave more than 50 years of his life to the film industry and became a cinematic legend in his own time. While his big-screen contributions kept him in the pop culture consciousness of multiple generations, underneath the "John Wayne" persona was a man with a personal life of equally mythic proportions. His friendly hijinks, adventures at sea and hearty appetite are some of the reasons Duke seemed almost too good to be true. But as we know, they are. In the 30th installment of The Official John Wayne Collector's Edition, we feature amazing tales that shed light on a life lived to its fullest. After all, as one famous gunslinger said—"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
