Far and Away: The Illustrated Story of a Journey from Ireland to America in the 1890s (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook)

By Bob Dolman and Ron Howard

Book Overview

This inside story and history behind the film, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, includes the full screenplay, production notes, interviews, poetry, Irish ballads, features on Ireland, Boston, and Oklahoma, period literature and first-hand accounts of the Oklahoma Land Rush and Irish immigration to the U.S. 140 illustrations, 80 in color. The Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks, official companions to films, large format (8 3/8 x 10 7/8), heavily illustrated throughout, with color photographs, details on the making of the film, background on the filmmakers and cast.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557041261
• ISBN13: 9781557041265
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Newmarket Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A history lesson disguised

I found the story between the two characters to be most interesting. You were learning about that particular time period without even knowing it. The sceneary was breah taking and i highly recommend seeing the flick and reading the paperback.