Edward S. Curtis
- ISBN-10
- 0785804102
- ISBN-13
- 9780785804109
- Series
- Edward S. Curtis
- Category
- Indians of North America
- Pages
- 127
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-09-01
- Publisher
- Book Sales
- Author
- Tom Robotham
Description
Features the painstaking chronicle of Edward S. Curtis between 1899 and 1929, during which he examined the vanishing life of the North American Indians; and includes more than eighty of his gold-toned photographs.
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