Author: FORD, DAN
Title: The Unquiet Man - the Life of John Ford
Description: London, William Kimber. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718300599). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions (Fine apart from the indentation of an erased price to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. ix + 324 pages. 38 illustrations. John Ford's grandson's presentation of the life story of the great director is the most complete and candid portrait to date. In fact, Lindsay Anderson judged it 'probably the best biography of a Hollywood director ever written'. With complete access to the John Ford papers, Dan Ford's portrait of his grandfather shows his human frailties as well as his unsurpassed professionalism. Hard-driving, hard-drinking, profane, crusty, but above all brilliant - almost everyone who worked with him came to love him. 16. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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