Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light de Makepeace, Anne - 2001

National Geographic Society, 2001. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

National Geographic Society, 2001. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

National Geographic Society. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

National Geographic, 2001-11-01. hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

National Geographic, 2001-10-31. First Edition. Hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, clea/Illustrated dust jacket over clo. 8x0x10. clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards

Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 10 1/4" X 9." 216 pages. Breathtaking, heartbraking pictures of the decline of the Native Americans. Curtis captured their lives over a 30 year period. Truly stunning photography. Spine tail bumped. Very light wear on spine ends and corners of dust jscket.

National Geographic, 2001-11-01. Hardcover. Dust jacket has light wear aroun.

Brand New Beautifully Illustrated. Dust jacket shows only very slght ware from shelf.
Bold, sometimes abrasive, forever passionate, Edward Curtis was the quintessential romantic visionary. Curtis struggled through an impoverished boyhood in Minnesota to become a successful society photographer in Seattle. But he soon moved far beyond weddings and studio portraits to his life's work—a multi-volume photographic and ethnogrpahic work on the vanishing world of the North American Indian. Initially, Teddy Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan backed the ambitious project. But as the work stretched over years, Curtis found himself alone with his vision, struggling to finance himself and his crews. The 20-volume North American Indians, finally completed in 1930, cost Curtis his marriage, his friendships, his home, and his health. By the time he died in 1952, he and his monumental work had lapsed into obscurity. In this richly designed book, Anne Makepeace, creator of an award-winning documentary on Curtis's life,… Leer más