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Letters and Notes on the North American Indians
Illustrated with Catlin's portraits and drawings, this astonishing work is a unique record of the last days of glory for Native Americans west of the Mississippi.
Hardcover, 290 pages
Published
September 1st 1999
by DIANE Publishing Company
(first published 1841)
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ahh.. que buen libro lo de George Catlin en este libro es muy atractivo.. no tiene la complejida de esos ensayos etnograficos que por momentos se ponen pesados.. Catlin es de esos hombres del siglo 19 cuya historia me parece fascinante.. sus cuadros tienen algo que siempre me interesó y en sus libros relata de una manera muy chevre sus viajes.. que lo llevaron no solo por las praderas de norteamerica, tambien a la amazonia y a lugares tan remotos como los aleutianas.. este libro es solo sobre la...more
May 17, 2012
Andrea
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Unfortunately, the reproductions of Catlin's paintings in this 2004 Penguin edition are generally of poor quality: overinked, blacking out detail, and of course printed on cheap paper.
However, the content of Catlin's letters, in the context of the period (1830's), is definiteley worth checking out. At times enlightened (again, for the period!), and humbly observant, at others more smug and self-righteous, Catlin's voice remains as vivid testimony to a land and people in profound mutation.
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However, the content of Catlin's letters, in the context of the period (1830's), is definiteley worth checking out. At times enlightened (again, for the period!), and humbly observant, at others more smug and self-righteous, Catlin's voice remains as vivid testimony to a land and people in profound mutation.
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the writing is understandably dated, but the accounts are as straightforward as you'll find. replace some outdated terms with some other ones, and take the "noble savages/us-v-them" comparisons, and the detailed, relatively descriptions of day-to-day are incredibly detailed. it was interesting to see a man writing at a time when a) tribes were still warring against and taking each other captive, and b) the government had started taking land via treaty and was starting displacement. doubtless thi...more
I have been interested in Catlin since we learned about his portraits in several of my undergrad art history classes. Really fascinating guy who left a successful law practice to live with and record the Native Americans, whom he recognized as a dying peoples. His descriptions are remarkable and beautiful. He talks about the people he met in an endearing way and conjectures about their inevitable demise at the hands of "civilization". I've always loved his paintings, but have a much greater appr...more
I must have read this a dozen times over the years. The author's style of writing is very gentlemanly too.
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Folio Society Edition is beautiful.
George Catlin's artwork and writings regarding the American Indian. Many of these were painted while Catlin lived among the various tribes.
journals,caitlin,American history,Native American Studies
May 05, 2013
Gmoney.gold
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