The Middle of the Forest

A Myth in Action:  The Heroic Life of Audie Murphy

Table of Contents

 

Preface

Introduction:

      Primordial Background

      The Hero as Warrior

      The Childhood of the Mythological Hero

      The Childhood of Audie Murphy

 

Book I – The Hero’s Journey

Part 1 – Separation

     The Call to Adventure

     Supernatural Aid

     Crossing the First Threshold

     The Belly of the Whale

 

Part 2 – Initiation

(The Dark Side of the Journey)

     The Road of Trials:

       Sicily (Reality)

       Salerno to the Mignano Gap (Irony)

       Naples (The Meeting with the Goddess)

       Anzio (Futility)

     France:  The Nadir of the Journey

       The Landing at Ramatuelle

       Montelimar (The Face in the Mirror)

       The Vosges Mountains

     Apotheosis

     The Granting of the Boon

 

Part 3 – The Return

     San Antonio to Farmersville

 

  Book II

Delivering the Message

Introduction

     Stranger in a Strange Land

     Bad Boy of Hollywood

     Master of Two Worlds

     From “Duel to Destry”

     The Camelot Years:

              Retelling the Arthurian Legend Onscreen

     Reliving Hell

     Fatherhood

     The Hero as Emperor and/or Tyrant

     The Freedom to Live

     Songwriter

     The Last Real Action Hero

     Departure