Window on the West
Subtitle: the frontier photography of William Henry Jackson
By: Laurie Lawlor
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780823413805
Subjects: Photographers; Juvenile literature; Pictorial works; Biography; History
Description: Presents the photographs taken by William Henry Jackson from 1869 to 1893, discussing his life and how his work captured and introduced the American West to the public.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-129) and index.
Table of contents: title: The great restlessness; title: The times and the people; title: In search of his fortune; title: "Surmounting every barrier": capturing images of the west; title: Americans take to the rails; title: The Hayden expeditions; title: Natural curiosities; title: Closing in: American Indians in the west; title: Boom and bust: mining towns and western cities; title: "Everywhere I go": the changing face of the frontier; title: 1893: the white city and the end of the frontier; title: Time line; title: Places to view Jackson's work.