Bibliograph

The searchers, the making of an American legend, Glenn Frankel

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The searchers, the making of an American legend, Glenn Frankel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The searchers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

795174992

Responsibility statement

Glenn Frankel

Sub title

the making of an American legend

Summary

Glenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the Cynthia Ann Parker Indian captivity story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth that bares the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Pappy (Hollywood, 1954) -- Cynthia Ann. The girl (Parker's Fort, 1836) -- The captives (Comancheria, 1836) -- The uncle (Texas, 1837-1852) -- The rescue (Pease River, 1860) -- The prisoner (Texas, 1861-1871) -- Quanah. The warrior (Comancheria, 1865-1871) -- The surrender (Comancheria, 1874-1875) -- The go-between (Fort Sill, 1875-1886) -- The chief (Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1887-1892) -- Mother and son (Cache, Oklahoma, 1892-1911) -- The legend (Oklahoma and Texas, 1911-1952) -- Alan Lemay. The author (Hollywood, 1952) -- The novel (Pacific Palisades, California, 1953) -- Pappy and the Duke. The director (Hollywood, 1954) -- The actor (Hollywood, 1954) -- The production (Hollywood, 1955) -- The Valley, Part One (Monument Valley, June, 1955) -- The Valley, Part Two (Monument Valley, June-July, 1955) -- The studio (Hollywood, July-August, 1955) -- The movie (Hollywood, 1956) -- The legacy (Hollywood, 1956-2010) -- Epilogue: Quanah (Texas, June, 2011)

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