The Resource Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Timothy Egan
Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Timothy Egan
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The item Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Timothy Egan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut).
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- Summary
- "Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Liebowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance--six years alone to convince the Hopi to allow him into their Snake Dance ceremony. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes. But the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise--his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements."--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis
- Title
- Short nights of the Shadow Catcher
- Title remainder
- the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy Egan
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Curtis, Edward S, 1868-1952
- Documentary photography -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / Native American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Indians of North America -- History
- Photographers -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Liebowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance--six years alone to convince the Hopi to allow him into their Snake Dance ceremony. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes. But the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise--his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Timothy
- Dewey number
- 770.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TR140.C82
- LC item number
- E43 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Curtis, Edward S
- Photographers
- Indians of North America
- Documentary photography
- HISTORY / United States / General
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- HISTORY / Native American
- Label
- Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Timothy Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-350) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1377859
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618969029
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2012022390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1377859
- (OCoLC)666239978
- Label
- Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis, Timothy Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-350) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1377859
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618969029
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2012022390
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1377859
- (OCoLC)666239978
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Curtis, Edward S, 1868-1952
- Documentary photography -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / Native American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
- Indians of North America -- History
- Photographers -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / General
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