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In Search of The Real Searchers
The real and reel history of the classic American Western The Searchers
Sixty years ago John Ford travelled to Monument Valley to make his greatest Western, The Searchers. Based on Alan LeMay’s novel, it is still a powerful tale of race, violence and redemption as Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) searches for his niece Debbie, abducted by a Comanche raiding party on the Texas frontier. But, as Mark Burman discovers, The Searchers is a gateway to the real and powerful story of the forging of Texas statehood and the rise and fall of the Comanche empire.
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Archive 2015—The Documentary Podcast
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2015.
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The Documentary Podcast
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