{"product_id":"the-searchers-the-making-of-an-american-legend-paperback","title":"The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenn Frankel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of the year by: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eParade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story behind the classic Western \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e by Pulitzer Prize-wining writer Glenn Frankel that the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls A vivid, revelatory account of John Ford's 1956 masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told and re-told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and in the 1950s to a novel by Alan LeMay, which would be adapted into one of Hollywood's most legendary films, \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, The Biggest, Roughest, Toughest... and Most Beautiful Picture Ever Made  directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth. The dominant story that has emerged departs dramatically from documented history: it is of the inevitable triumph of white civilization, underpinned by anxiety about the sullying of white women by savages. What makes John Ford's film so powerful, and so important, Frankel argues, is that it both upholds that myth and undermines it, baring the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlenn Frankel\u003c\/b\u003e worked for many years for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1989, and taught journalism at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he directed the School of Journalism. He has won the National Jewish Book Award and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His book, \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, was a national bestseller and named one of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's top ten books of the year. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHigh Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Arlington, Virginia. www.glennfrankel.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.37 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770604814624,"sku":"9781620400654","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75b1bca236d8f913eea72b627ee659f4.webp?v=1780375039","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-searchers-the-making-of-an-american-legend-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}