Alan LeMay
Subtitle: a biography of the author of The searchers
By: Dan LeMay
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780786466900
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Screenwriters
Description: "Alan LeMay gained success in the 1930s writing Westerns and in the 1940s penning scripts for films, but he is best remembered for Searchers (1953) and another novel adapted into a film, The Unforgiven (1957). LeMay supported a family with his writing and engaged in a variety of ventures, including cattle ranching, polo playing, flying, and road racing"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Washout; title: Origins; title: Heading west; title: Rancho Una Vaca; title: Recovery; title: Hello, Hollywood; title: Reap the wild wind; title: Life in the film colony; title: World war II; title: The foto-electric games; title: MarkTwain; title: The story of Dr. Wassell; title: The rurales; title: Useless cowboy; title: A year at Warner's; title: The walking hills; title: The business of filmmaking; title: Independence; title: Working with the military; title: Television; title: Racing; title: Legacy.