In Pappy: The Life of John Ford, Dan Ford, John's grandson, draws on the director's personal archives and on intimate reminiscences from his family and friends - including John Wayne, whose acting career Ford had launched, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and George O'Brien - to produce the most complete and honest portrait of the man and his astonishing output. Pappy - as colleagues called him - was often cantankerous, irascible, and drunk, and rarely made time for his family, but he was also charismatic, sentimental, and humorous; few who worked with him could resist his appealing energy. This revealing biography brings Ford to life while painting a vivid panoramic picture of Hollywood as well as of America's landscapes that he so dramatically evoked in his films.