Acknowledgments Introduction 1. How the West Was Sung: Music in the Life and Films of John Ford 2. Hearing the Music in John Ford's Silents: The Iron Horse and 3 Bad Men 3. "Based on American Folk Songs": Scoring the West in Stagecoach 4. Two Fordian Film Scores: My Darling Clementine and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 5. "Western as Hell": 3 Godfathers and Wagon Master 6. "The Girl I Left Behind Me": Men, Women, and Ireland in the Cavalry Trilogy 7. "What Makes a Man to Wander": The Searchers 8. In the Shadow of The Searchers: Two Rode Together and Sergeant Rutledge 9. Cheyenne Autumn: A Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Kathryn Kalinak is Professor of English and Film Studies at Rhode Island College and author of Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film.

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"Kalinak artfully weaves the history and pedigree of nearly every tune [in] Ford's Westerns ... with their social and cultural meanings." Notes "Thoroughly researched and well-written... Illuminating." American Studies Journal

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