THE SEARCHERS

In 1836 in Texas, a young Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She married a warrior and mothered a future chief. But twen ty-four years after capture, she was reclaimed by the white world. Her story became legend- and, eventually, a source for John Ford' s film The Searchers, starring John Wayne. Pulitzer Prize winner Frankel moves between 1950s Hollywood and and the 19th century fron tier- the making of the film and the making of America. His book explores how Ford's film both upholds and undermines American myth, baring ...[Read more]