Fitowa: An rubuta asali a matsayin rubutun ƙira ta Michael Blake, ba a siyar da shi ba a tsakiyar shekarun 1980. Koyaya, Kevin Costner ya fito a cikin fim ɗin Blake na baya, Stacy's Knights (1983), kuma ya ƙarfafa Blake a farkon 1986 don juya rubutun yamma zuwa labari don inganta damar da za a samar da shi. Yawancin masu wallafa sun ƙi littafin amma a ƙarshe an buga shi a cikin takarda a shekarar 1988. Costner ya sayi haƙƙoƙin, tare da ido a kan jagorantar shi.Ainihin samarwa ya ɗauki watanni huɗu, daga 18 ga Yuli zuwa 23 ga Nuwamba, 1989.
Michael Blake