Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vi
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Illustrations ix
6. Prologue 1
7. Introduction: Western Film and the Epic Tradition 11
8. 1 Howard Hawks’s Red River 36
9. 2 Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon 68
10. 3 George Stevens’s Shane 103
11. 4 John Ford’s The Searchers 133
12. 5 John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 169
13. Conclusion 198
14. Bibliography 202
15. Filmography 214
16. Index 217