Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis / Timothy Egan.

"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 onc...

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Main Author:	Egan, Timothy
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Subjects:	Curtis, Edward S., > 1868-1952. Photographers > United States > Biography. Indigenous peoples of North America > Pictorial works. HISTORY / United States / General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers. HISTORY / Native American. NonFiction. Historical. Multicultural. Sociological.
Genre:	Biography. Pictorial works. NonFiction. Historical. Multicultural. Sociological.
Physical Description:	370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book