Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. The Beginning (1894-1927) -- CHAPTER 2. The Racket (1928-35) -- CHAPTER 3. Acclaim and Awards: Samuel Goldwyn, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang, and How Walter Brennan Became a Real Character (1934-39) -- CHAPTER 4. The Apotheosis of Walter Brennan (1940) -- CHAPTER 5. Primal Brennan: Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Howard Hawks (1940-44) -- CHAPTER 6. Western Brennan: Bob Hope, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, John Ford, Howard Hawks (1944-48) -- CHAPTER 7. Western Brennan Redux: Robert Mitchum, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne-The Far Country, Bad Day at Black Rock, Rio Bravo (1948-58) -- CHAPTER 8. The Real McCoys: America's Grandpa (1957-63) -- CHAPTER 9. The Politics of Becoming Walter Brennan (1960-73) -- CHAPTER 10. The Legacy Years (1969-74) -- SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FILMOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES -- RADIO PERFORMANCES -- DISCOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.