Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher : The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis

from maggie1944

Timothy Egan has carved out a niche of historical books set in the United States and in my reading of several of his works I'm impressed he has approached previously considered events or historical periods and added colorful and attractive people so that the reader can feel the historical events'...

from BonnieP

This is one of those books we should all read so we can have a better understanding of how the North American Indian's presence shaped the nation - Canada included. It gave me a shake of the head to realize that the stories about the white man 'stealing' their land and way of life were actually a...

from john.cooper

If there were any justice, this month's Indian-themed Johnny Depp movie would not be "The Lone Ranger" but the Edward Curtis story - I don't know another actor who could convincingly handle both the charisma and dash of the young Curtis and the tragedy of his later years, when the weight of his a...

from dele2451

The consummate tale of an early starving artist who suffered all for the sake of his craft. Incredibly talented pioneer in his field, world famous, devoted his entire adult life to an incredibly important project recognized as a masterpiece even in his own time, and yet he dies penniless. Fascina...

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SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER tells the story of the life of Edward Curtis, who devoted his life to photographing and documenting the vanishing ways of life of eighty American Indian tribes. It is an interesting coincidence that, shortly before the rise of the IDLE NO MORE movement, the Nati...