Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. P R E F A C E ix
4. 1 Foote and Wharton, Texas 1
5. 2 Formative Years and the Call of Acting 12
6. 3 Finding a Vocation: From Acting to Writing 28
7. 4 Texas Playwright on Broadway and Tennessee Williams 46
8. 5 Return to Broadway: The Chase 61
9. 6 The Golden Age of Television 70
10. 7 The Trip to Bountiful: Three Versions 82
11. 8 Christian Science 96
12. 9 People and Themes 105
13. 10 Country Music: The Traveling Lady, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, and Tender Mercies 124
14. 11 Adaptations of Harper Lee, Faulkner, O’Connor, and Steinbeck 141
15. 12 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 1 155
16. 13 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 2 174
17. 14 One-Acts of the 1980s: Disintegrating Homes and Displaced Persons 195
18. 15 Greek Tragedy and Full-Length Plays across the Hudson 210
19. 16 Amazing Climax: The Young Man from Atlanta 226
20. Conclusion: The Achievement of Horton Foote 242
21. CHRONOLOGY 248
22. GENEALOGY 251
23. NOTES 253
24. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 265
25. INDEX 271