Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska's Pioneer Days - Couverture souple

Plain, Nancy

 
9780803235205: Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska's Pioneer Days
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803235208 ISBN 13 : 9780803235205
Editeur : Bison Books, 2012

Synopsis

Once President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, which granted 160 acres of free land to anyone with the grit to farm it for five years, the rush to the Great Plains was on. Solomon D. Butcher was there to document it, amassing more than three thousand photographs and compiling the most complete record of the sod house era ever made.

Butcher (1856-1927) staked his claim on the plains in 1880. He didn't like farming, but he found another way to thrive. He had learned the art of photography as a teenager, and he began taking pictures of his friends and neighbors. Butcher noticed how fast the vast land was "settling up," so he formed the plan that would become his life's work--to record the frontier days in words and images.

Alongside sixty-two of Butcher's iconic photographs, Light on the Prairie conveys the irrepressible spirit of a man whose passion would give us a firsthand look at the men and women who settled the Great Plains. Like his subjects, Butcher was a pioneer, even though he held a camera more often than a plow.

Watch an interview with the author.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Plain is the author of nine children's books, including With One Sky Above Us: The Story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians, winner of the 2010 Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction, and Sagebrush and Paintbrush: The Story of Charlie Russell, the Cowboy Artist, winner of the 2008 Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction. Her books have also won the Carter G. Woodson Honor award and First Place in Children's Nonfiction from the National Federation of Press Women.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803235208
ISBN 13 
9780803235205
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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Personne responsable
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