Prayer to the great mystery : the uncollected writings and photography of Edward S. Curtis
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Prayer to the great mystery : the uncollected writings and photography of Edward S. Curtis
St. Martin's Press, 1995
- : pbk.
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Bibliographiy: p. 229
Index: p. 235-243
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"Prayer to the Great Mystery" is a historic publishing event, a remarkable coup that presents 93 newly discovered photographs--along with 150 others--taken by Edward S. Curtis. Deeply human and symphathetic, these images embody Curtis's attempt to preserve the character is Native American Cultural life before its erosion by the nineteenth-century flood of American expansion. Accompanying the photographs is a poignant series of myths, abridged from Curtis's ethnographic writings. "Prayers to the Great Mystery" is a stunning account of a vanished era, and a seminal book for understanding our rich Native American legacy.<br>
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