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"Cooper was heroic, of course, in his own mind as much as in his scripts. He was manly, tall, ruggedly handsome. He was a man for a fight."

On screen he was the ultimate all-American hero: lean, laconic, and masculine, a lone sheriff battling his enemies in "High Noon," or a tough individualist in "The Fountainhead." Off-screen he bedded a host of leading ladies and carefully honed his image, making hundreds of movies and winning two Oscars in the process. The acclaimed film writer David Thomson explores the career and the contradictions of "Coop," the star who lived the dream in the golden age of Hollywood.

DAVID THOMSON is, among many other things, the author of "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film," now in its fourth edition. His recent books include a biography of Nicole Kidman, "Fan Tan "(a novel written in collaboration with Marlon Brando), and "The Whole" "Equation: A History of Hollywood." His latest work is the acclaimed "Have You Seen . . . ?: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films." Born in London, he now lives in San Francisco.