Print the Legend

Edited by Sidney A. Pearson Jr. - Contributions by John Marini; Brigid McMenamin; David K. Nichols; Anne R. Pierce; Matthew J. Franck; Gwen Brown; Mary P. Nichols; Paul A. Cantor; J. David Alvis; John E. Alvis and James F. Pontuso

What kind of civic culture and virtues are required to maintain and develop a decent regime? The aim of this collection is to explore this theme from the perspective of the films of John Ford.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Defending the West: John Ford and the Creation of the Epic Western Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Blessings of Civilization: John Ford's Stagecoach Chapter 4 Chapter 3. John Ford's Revolutionary Americans: Drums Along the Mohawk Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Modernity and the Destruction of Boundaries: John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 6 Chapter 5. On the Threshold of Modernity: John Ford's How Green Was My Valley Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Heroes and Political Communities in John Ford's Westerns: The Role of Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine Chapter 8 Chapter 7. The Western and the Western Drama: John Ford's The Searchers and the Oresteia Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Heroic Virtue and the Limits of Democracy in John Ford's The Searchers Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Honor, Duty, and Civic Virtue: John Ford's Mr. Roberts and The Last Hurrah Chapter 11 Why it is Tough to be the Second Toughest Guy in a Tough Town: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance