Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
by Egan, Timothy
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618969020
- ISBN 13
- 9780618969029
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Synopsis
“A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea . . . Egan’s spirited biography might just bring [Curtis] the recognition that eluded him in life.” — Washington Post Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. But when he was thirty-two years old, in 1900, he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent’s original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared. Curtis spent the next three decades documenting the stories and rituals of more than eighty North American tribes. It took tremendous perseverance — ten years alone to persuade the Hopi to allow him to observe their Snake Dance ceremony. And the undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. Curtis would amass more than 40,000 photographs and 10,000 audio recordings, and he is credited with making the first narrative documentary film. In the process, the charming rogue with the grade school education created the most definitive archive of the American Indian. “A darn good yarn. Egan is a muscular storyteller and his book is a rollicking page-turner with a colorfully drawn hero.” — San Francisco Chronicle "A riveting biography of an American original." – Boston Globe
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071086
- Title
- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
- Author
- Egan, Timothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618969020
- ISBN 13
- 9780618969029
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
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