{"product_id":"two-prospectors-the-letters-of-sam-shepard-and-johnny-dark-paperback","title":"Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Shepard was arguably America's finest working dramatist, as well as an accomplished screenwriter, actor, and director. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize, he wrote more than forty-five plays, including \u003ci\u003eTrue West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFool for Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBuried Child\u003c\/i\u003e. Shepard also appeared in more than fifty films, beginning with Terrence Malick's \u003ci\u003eDays of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e. Despite the publicity his work and life attracted, however, Shepard remained a strongly private man who said many times that he would never write a memoir. But he did write intensively about his inner life and creative work to his former father-in-law and housemate, Johnny Dark, who was Shepard's closest friend, surrogate brother (they were nearly the same age), and even artistic muse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Prospectors\u003c\/i\u003e gathers nearly forty years of correspondence and transcribed conversations between Shepard and Dark. In these gripping, sometimes gut-wrenching letters, the men open themselves to each other with amazing honesty. Shepard's letters give us the deepest look we will ever get into his personal philosophy and creative process, while in Dark's letters we discover insights into Shepard's character that only an intimate friend could provide. The writers also reflect on the books and authors that stimulate their thinking, their relationships with women (including Shepard's anguished decision to leave his wife and son-Dark's stepdaughter and grandson-for actress Jessica Lange), personal struggles, and accumulating years. Illustrated with Dark's candid, revealing photographs of Shepard and their mutual family across many years, as well as facsimiles of numerous letters, \u003ci\u003eTwo Prospectors\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling portrait of a complex friendship that anchored both lives for decades, a friendship also poignantly captured in Treva Wurmfeld's film, \u003ci\u003eShepard \u0026amp; Dark\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAD HAMMETTteaches at Texas State University-San Marcos, from which he received an M.F.A. in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 399\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984040362285,"sku":"9780292761964","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/K0NVUmM5a0tyb3ZDcTdrNldUOHdnUT09.webp?v=1776081555","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/two-prospectors-the-letters-of-sam-shepard-and-johnny-dark-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}