The cavalry charges : writings on books, film, and music /
Gifford, Barry, 1946-
The cavalry charges : writings on books, film, and music / Barry Gifford. - Revised edition. - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] - xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm
"First printing 2019." "Original date published: 2007."
Author's note -- Books -- B. Traven: the man who never forgot -- Michael Swindle's slouching towards Birmingham -- The thrill of a writer's lifetime -- The strangest one of all -- Nothin' good ever happens in Texas -- Adi's to the gaviero: an encomium for mutis -- Black Wings had his angel -- Notes on Neihardt -- Read 'em and weep: my favorite novels -- Film and television -- The cavalry charges -- A brief dossier on One-Eyed Jacks -- In search of the city of ghosts -- Fuzzy sandwiches, or there is no speed limit on the lost highway -- Keeper of the cat people: a paean to Val Lewton -- Confidential as a baby's cry -- Souvenir of evil -- Sailor & Lula and the capital R -- Music -- The last time i saw Artie -- Lost interlude -- Madrugada: not opera action musical! -- Madrugada: the libretto.
9781496824387 9781496824271 9781496824288 9781496824295
2019008120
Gifford, Barry, 1946-
American essays--20th century.
PS3557.I283 / C38 2019
823/.54 / G458
The cavalry charges : writings on books, film, and music / Barry Gifford. - Revised edition. - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019] - xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm
"First printing 2019." "Original date published: 2007."
Author's note -- Books -- B. Traven: the man who never forgot -- Michael Swindle's slouching towards Birmingham -- The thrill of a writer's lifetime -- The strangest one of all -- Nothin' good ever happens in Texas -- Adi's to the gaviero: an encomium for mutis -- Black Wings had his angel -- Notes on Neihardt -- Read 'em and weep: my favorite novels -- Film and television -- The cavalry charges -- A brief dossier on One-Eyed Jacks -- In search of the city of ghosts -- Fuzzy sandwiches, or there is no speed limit on the lost highway -- Keeper of the cat people: a paean to Val Lewton -- Confidential as a baby's cry -- Souvenir of evil -- Sailor & Lula and the capital R -- Music -- The last time i saw Artie -- Lost interlude -- Madrugada: not opera action musical! -- Madrugada: the libretto.
9781496824387 9781496824271 9781496824288 9781496824295
2019008120
Gifford, Barry, 1946-
American essays--20th century.
PS3557.I283 / C38 2019
823/.54 / G458