Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments and Credits -- Contributors -- Introduction Spokes in the Wheels -- THE GOLDEN COACH -- MOUNTING THE STAGE -- PRINTING THE LEGEND -- THE NEXT STAGE -- NOTES -- 1 Stagecoach and Hollywood's A-Western Renaissance -- JOHN FORD'S STAGECOACH -- THE A-WESTERN AND HOLLYWOOD'S GENRE LANDSCAPE -- STAGECOACH: THE RENAISSANCE WESTERN PAR EXCELLENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 2 "Powered by a Ford"? -- DUDLEY NICHOLS AND POPULAR FRONT LIBERALISM IN HOLLYWOOD -- BUILDING THE STAGECOACH: FROM SHORT STORY TO SCREENPLAY -- CODA: REALIZING THE ETHOS OF POPULAR FRONT LIBERALISM -- NOTES -- 3 That Past, This Present Historicizing John Ford, 1939 -- NOTES -- 4 "A Little Bit Savage" -- NOTES -- 5 "Be a Proud, Glorified Dreg" -- NOTES -- 6 Stagecoach and the Quest for Selfhood -- THE INITIAL ENCOUNTER -- THE ENCOUNTER AT THE WAY STATION -- THE FINAL ENCOUNTER -- NOTES -- Reviews of Stagecoach -- STAGECOACH -- STAGECOACH -- THE VIEW IS NICE -- Filmography -- Select Bibliography -- WESTERNS AND AMERICAN CULTURE -- WESTERN FILM -- JOHN FORD -- STAGECOACH -- Index.