Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
In his newest book, Gidley (American literature, Univ. of Leeds; American Photographs in Europe, Paul & Co., 1995) provides a balanced picture of the many aspects of Edward S. Curtis's work. From the 1890s onward, Curtis took thousands of photographs of Native Americans. These photographs were published in the North American Indian (1907-30) in 20 volumes of illustrated text and 20 portfolios of photographs. The author has examined historical documentation, including the letters and field memoirs of Curtis, principal ethnologist W.E. Myers, and their associates, to produce the first significant scholarly study of that projectAan effort that spawned exhibitions, postcards, lectures, a "musicale," and the first narrative documentary film. Gidley gives readers a succinct explanation of the substance of Curtis's prolific photography and has tried to reexamine the term vanishing or vanished people in Curtis's original sense. Recommended for public and academic libraries.AVicki Leslie Toy Smith, Univ. of Nevada, RenoCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.