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The American Cowboy: A Photographic History

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#329742-AD23
Titel	The American Cowboy: A Photographic History
Auteur	Collins, Richard (editor) & Bob Edgar (introduction)
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Salamander Books
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	1840654112
ISBN13	9781840654110
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, copiously illustrated with b/w photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	In his introduction to Cowboy Dreams, Bob Edgar speaks of a 'far-sighted fraternity' - the photographers such as Belden, Huffman, Koerner, Smith and Kendrick - who recorded images of cattle drives, frontier towns, roundup camps, cowboys on the range, chuckwagons and horses and cattle. They probably knew that they were recording for posterity both a dramatic and emotive period in history and a changing country, in this case the cattleman's frontier, which existed from the end of the Civil War to the early part of the twentieth century. Through the work of a small number of photographers, whose pictures have been selected from museums and state historical society collections, Cowboy Dreams puts together a stirring series of images, which capture the movement of life on the range. That this w... (Lees verder)ay of life no longer exists lends additional poignancy. At the beginning of the twenty first century Cowboy Dreams offers an evocative tribute to this fascinating period, a chapter 'forever closed'.
Pagina's	127
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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