Richard Ford http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/richard-ford-PEHST000689.topic A collection of news and information related to Richard Ford published by Tribune Company sources. en-us <![CDATA[The ground cover in Richard Ford 's Venice parking strip, above, includes Dymondia margaretae, Erodium chamaedryoides, sedums and ground morning glory, as well as rocks that look like a tiny streambed. At right, roses, herbs and annuals are corraled by boxwood hedges.]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/lat-sidewalk_iz630enc,0,7489539.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2008-09-03 17:38:31 <img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2008-09/42097589-03173833.jpg" alt="A Venice mix" width="50" height="75" title="A Venice mix" > <![CDATA[Oakley Hall, seen in 1989, wrote more than 20 novels, including Warlock (1958), a fictional account of the early West that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and The Downhill Racers (1963), about skiers in the Sierra Nevada. Both books were made into movies.]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-hall_k0vnkync20080515153017,0,6623500.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2008-05-15 15:29:00 <img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2008-05/38903648-15153222.jpg" alt="Oakley Hall" width="75" height="58" title="Oakley Hall" > <![CDATA["He's a person who dedicated his life to writing, who wasn't a teacher, and, most importantly, wrote very serious books that a lot of people read.]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/hc-richardford-p,0,7628479.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2006-11-12 00:00:00 <img src="http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2009-01/44772468.jpg" alt="Richard Ford" width="75" height="56" title="Richard Ford" >