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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
George Catlin
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Description for Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Paperback. The notes, letters and drawings of an artist who spent the 1830s documenting Native American tribes in the United States. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History. Num Pages: 428 pages, 102 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Although he is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, George Catlin (1796–1872) also wrote books about his experiences among the indigenous peoples of the United States. During the 1830s he travelled widely in the western frontier regions with the aim of documenting the vanishing cultures of the Indians, and managed to meet 48 groups. This was a critical time for Native Americans, as US government policies were forcing many tribes off their ancestral land and onto reservations west of the Mississippi River. Catlin's two-volume work, published in 1841, is a compilation of his letters and field notes, and ... Read more
Although he is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, George Catlin (1796–1872) also wrote books about his experiences among the indigenous peoples of the United States. During the 1830s he travelled widely in the western frontier regions with the aim of documenting the vanishing cultures of the Indians, and managed to meet 48 groups. This was a critical time for Native Americans, as US government policies were forcing many tribes off their ancestral land and onto reservations west of the Mississippi River. Catlin's two-volume work, published in 1841, is a compilation of his letters and field notes, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108033183
SKU
V9781108033183
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