The Searchers John Ford (director)

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• Eckstein, Arthur M.; Lehman, Peter, eds. (2004). The searchers: essays and reflections on John Ford's classic western. Wayne State University Press.
• Frankel, Glenn (2013). The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-105-5. excerpt and text search
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Primary sources

• The Searchers: Screenplay, by Frank S Nugent, Alan Le May, John Ford. Published by Warner Bros, 1956. Online Version