Exclusive Interview with Joseph Malham, author of JOHN FORD: POET IN THE DESERT

"Joseph Malham’s John Ford: Poet in the Desert ... is an intimate, passionate portrait of a troubled cinematic genius. Malham re-tells the story of our American Shakespeare, a superb visual storyteller and mythmaker." - Glenn Frankel, author of The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend

Author Joe Malham offers rarely explored facets of the dark yet towering poetic genius in a fascinating analysis of the artist’s personal life. The influences on Ford's work, from art, history and politics to the man’s mystical faith, are skillfully woven together with insights into Ford’s famous films. Ford, who won six Oscars, is known primarily for Westerns, such as The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. Yet in movies like The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man, Ford created timeless classics as he explored the role of myth, history, tradition and war in epic dramas of the individual, the family and community. This biography reveals how Ford’s work ranged over the vast and textured richness of the human experience.