The North American Indian. - Couverture souple

Edward S. Curtis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3822847720 ISBN 13 : 9783822847725

Editeur : Taschen, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Curtis Edward S

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

On October 19, 1952, at the age of 84, Curtis died of a heart attack in Whittier, California in the home of his daughter, Beth. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. His terse obituary appeared in The New York Times on October 20, 1952: Edward S. Curtis, internationally known authority on the history of the North American Indian, died today at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bess Magnuson. His age was 84. Mr. Curtis devoted his life to compiling Indian history. His research was done under the patronage of the late financier, J. Pierpont Morgan. The foreward [sic] for the monumental set of Curtis books was written by President Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Curtis was also widely known as a photographer

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Taschen
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 3822847720
• ISBN 13: 9783822847725
• Reliure: Broché