Prayer to the great mystery : the uncollected writings and photography of Edward S. Curtis

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952 (Author). Hausman, Gerald. (Added Author). Kapoun, Robert W., 1943- (Added Author).

Summary: An extraordinary collection of 243 b&w images, including many newly-discovered prints from the Library of Congress, taken by Curtis (1868-1952), famed photographer of Native America. The book presents him as a cultural anthropologist rather than as a patronizing romantic (as he is more often shown) and accompanies the photographs with myths and legends drawn from Curtis's 20-volume The North American Indian. c. Book News Inc.

Record details

ISBN: 0312135912
ISBN: 9780312135911
Physical Description: print
xxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Gerald Hausman -- Introduction to the Photographer and His Unpublished Photographs / Bob Kapoun -- Introduction / Patricia Nelson Limerick -- Tewa and Tiwa -- Keres -- Zuni and Hopi -- Pima and Yuma -- Apache and Navajo -- Mandan and Arikara -- Arapaho and Atsina -- Cheyenne, Piegan, Crow, and Sioux -- Nez Perce -- Flathead and Kalispel -- Coastal Salish -- Kwakiutl -- Alaskan Eskimo -- Chronology: Edward S. Curtis -- Tribes Represented in The North American Indian -- Institutions Holding Complete Sets of The North American Indian.