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The Searchers : : the Making of an American Legend

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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: x, 405 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608191055
9781620400654

SUBJECTS
Searchers (Motion picture)
Historical films -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures and history.
Comanche Indians -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
Massacres -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
Indian captivities -- Texas.