John Ford in Focus

Kevin L. Stoehr is an associate professor of humanities and the chair of the Division of Humanities in the College of General Studies at Boston University. He lives in Wells, Maine. Michael C. Connolly is associate professor of history at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      General IntroductionMichael C. Connolly and Kevin L. Stoehr      Part One: Ford’s Vision and ImportanceIntroduction to PartKevin L. Stoehr      A Tribute to John FordPeter Bogdanovich      John Ford in the Twenty-First Century: Why He Still MattersScott Eyman      Ford and the Romantic TraditionCharles Silver      Part Two: Life in Maine, Ireland, and BeyondIntroduction to PartMichael C. Connolly      A Bull Is Reared on Munjoy Hill: John Ford’s Irish Upbringing in Portland, MaineMichael C. Connolly      John Ford: A MemorialMaidhc P. Ó Conaola (Mike P. Connolly), translated by Kenneth E. Nilsen      John Ford and the Feeney Family of Galway and PortlandMatthew Jude Barker      The John Ford TourMargaret Feeney LaCombe      John Ford’s Arrival in HollywoodDan Ford      Reflections on the Battle of Midway: An Interview with John Ford (August 17, 1943)      We Shot D-Day on Omaha Beach: An Interview with John FordPeter Martin      John Ford’s Use of Gaelic in The Quiet Man: An Interview with Nora FolanKenneth E. Nilsen      Part Three: Ford’s FilmsIntroduction to Part ThreeKevin L. Stoehr      “If You Can Call It an Art...”: Pictorial Style in John Ford’s Universal Westerns (1917–1918)Tom Paulus      Beyond the Blessings of Civilization: John Ford’s Stagecoach and the Myth of the Western FrontierRobert C. Sickels      John Ford’s Festive Comedy: Ireland Imagined in The QuietWilliam C. Dowling      The Quiet Man and the Boxing Film: Allusions and InfluencesLeger Grindon      Ways of Knowing: Peter Lehman and The SearchersTom Paulus      Populist Motifs in John Ford’s FilmsRoy Grundmann      Heroism, Faith, and Idealism in 7 Women and Other Films by John FordKevin L. Stoehr      About the Contributors      Works Cited      Index

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