Selected writings of Edward S. Curtis
Subtitle: excerpts from volumes I-XX of the North American Indian
By: edited and with an introd. by Barry Gifford.
Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co. : distributed to the trade by Book People
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Indians of North America
Other titles: Portable Curtis.
Description: This is the first and only comprehensive selection from Edward Curtis' legendary twenty volume, l The American Indian, originally published in a private edition by J.P. Morgan in 1907 -1930. A landmark publication, the selected writings, chosen from Curtis' studies of more than 80 tribes west of the Mississippi, also includes a portfolio of original, never-before reproduced photgravures by the man known to the Indians as "Shadow-catcher."--back cover.
Notes: On spine: The portable Curtis.