"I enjoyed working with Henry Fonda and Allen Case on the series and I knowyou'll enjoy Glenn Mosley's book on The Deputy." from the Foreword by Read Morgan"Henry Fonda did a TV show?" For years, that's been the reaction of manypeople when they learned that the Hollywood and Broadway legend starredin his own television series. Henry Fonda surprised a lot of people in 1959when he agreed to star in a television western. He was the biggest star ofthe time to top line a weekly television program.Here is the never-before-told story of Fonda and his first television seriesThe Deputy, including interviews with co-star Read Morgan and series co-creatorNorman Lear, both of whom talk about the series for the first time.For fans of Henry Fonda, the television western, and television and film history, this book provides an entertaining and informative look at the makingof a largely forgotten television series and its place in the career of its star.Henry Fonda and The Deputy-The Film and Stage Star and His TV Westernincludes interviews, newly published photographs, production detailsindividual episode analysis, and a full episode guide.