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Photographer On An Army Mule, The Story Of Christian Barthelmess, Who Photographed The Last Frontier Of The American West During The Closing Years Of The Nineteenth Century
by Fink, Maurice with Casey Barthelmess
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
University Of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1965; First Edition; 8vo, 149 pages; black cloth, gilt spine titles and decorations; Illustrated. Compelling biography of Christian Barthelmess (1854-1906) who as a young man in 1876 emigrated from his native Bavaria, enlisted as an infantryman in the United States Army, and was promptly detailed to the Western territories where he dedicated himself to photographing Army, Indian, and pioneer life from Montana to New Mexico. An absorbing account, beautifully illustrated with over one hundred fascinating Barthelmess photos. Fine, clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, in a Very Good dust jacket with no chips, tears, or price-clipping.
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- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6435
- Title
- Photographer On An Army Mule, The Story Of Christian Barthelmess, Who Photographed The Last Frontier Of The American West During The Closing Years Of The Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Fink, Maurice with Casey Barthelmess
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Of Oklahoma
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK,
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Old West, Photography, Photographers, Indians, U.S. Army, Military, Militaria, Southwest, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Western History,Cheyennes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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