Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
- ISBN-10
- 0618969020
- ISBN-13
- 9780618969029
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 370
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Timothy Egan
Description
A narrative account of the pioneering photographer's life-risking effort to document a disappearing North American Indian nation offers insight into the danger and resolve behind his venture, his elevation to an impassioned advocate and the posthumous discovery of his considerable achievements. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Big Burn. 75,000 first printing.
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