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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Frankel, Glenn.     Subjects     Searchers (Motion picture)     Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism.     Motion pictures and history.     Comanche Indians -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.     Massacres -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.     Indian captivities -- Texas.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Frankel, Glenn.       by title:      The searchers : the ...       by call number:      791.4372 S439f     Search the Web     Frankel, Glenn.     Searchers (Motion picture)     Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism.     Motion pictures and history.     Comanche Indians -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.     Massacres -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.     Indian captivities -- Texas.       MARC Display

The searchers : the making of an American legend / Glenn Frankel. by Frankel, Glenn. Bloomsbury USA, 2013. Call #: 791.4372 S439f Subjects Searchers (Motion picture)   Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism.   Motion pictures and history.   Comanche Indians -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.   Massacres -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.   Indian captivities -- Texas. ISBN:  9781608191055 (alk. paper) 1608191052 (alk. paper) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  x, 405 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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). 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 791.4372 S439f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 791.4372 S439f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 791.4372 S439f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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