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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Egan, Timothy.     Subjects     Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.     Photographers -- United States -- Biography.     Indians of North America -- Pictorial works.     Documentary photography -- United States -- History.     Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Egan, Timothy.       by title:      Short nights of the ...       by call number:      770.92 C978e     Search the Web     Egan, Timothy.     Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.     Photographers -- United States -- Biography.     Indians of North America -- Pictorial works.     Documentary photography -- United States -- History.     Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction.       MARC Display

Short nights of the Shadow Catcher : the epic life and immortal photographs of Edward Curtis / Timothy Egan. by Egan, Timothy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012. Call #: 770.92 C978e Subjects Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.   Photographers -- United States -- Biography.   Indians of North America -- Pictorial works.   Documentary photography -- United States -- History.   Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction. ISBN:  9780618969029 (hardback) 0618969020 (hardback) Description:  370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-350) and index. Contents:  First picture -- Encounter on a volcano -- The Big Idea -- Indian Napoleon -- With the President -- In the den of the titan -- Anglos in Indian country -- The artist and his audience -- The Custer conundrum -- The most remarkable man -- On the river of the West -- New art forms -- Moving pictures -- Lost days -- Second wind -- The longest days -- Fight to the finish -- Twilight -- Revival. Summary:  Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer--the Annie Leibowitz of his time. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea: He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance--six years alone to convince the Hopi to allow him into their Snake Dance ceremony. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes. But the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise--his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements. Awards:  Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, 2013. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 770.92 C978e Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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