Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing Race

by Florence Graybill Curtis, Victor Boesen, Florence Curtis Graybill

Book Overview

First published in 1976, this book is the classic photographic record of Native American life by one of America's greatest photographers. From 1904 to 1930 Edward Sheriff Curtis sought out the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517348195
• ISBN13: 9780517348192
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: American Legacy Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Visions of a Vanishing Race

This book gives a well rounded look at the work of Edward Sheriff Curtis in a size that is easy to handle.

Deeply moving photos and text, tell a sad story.

After viewing on PBS, a documentary of Edward Sheriff Curtis, I was moved to purchase this excellent work. I was touched to my soul, by the photos, and how well they conveyed a race of people who have all but vanished. The text that goes with the pictures is also quite good, and tells a remarkable story of a man obsessed to tell the world a story which we all need to hear and see. Curtis sacrificed his own finances and marriage, and did succeed in completing a very exhausting pilgrimage.

This book is artistic and historically accurate

This is perhaps the greatest book authored by my uncle, Victor Hugo Boesen. He worked diligently with Curtis' daughter and other members and friends of the Curtis family to research and to write this book. The photographs are stunning. It is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the American Indian and Curtis' crucial role in recording this history. This book has been translated into French and German. Victor Boesen served as a war correspondent for Liberty Magazine during World War II and was present at the signing of the peace treaty on the USS Missouri. His writings appeared in Life, Look, the Los Angeles Times, and other major periodicals and newspapers.

This book is artistic and historically accurate

This is perhaps the greatest book authored by my uncle, Victor Hugo Boesen. He worked diligently with Curtis' daughter and other members and friends of the Curtis family to research and to write this book. The photographs are stunning. It is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the American Indian and Curtis' crucial role in recording this history. This book has been translated into French and German. Victor Boesen served as a war correspondent for Liberty Magazine during World War II and was present at the signing of the peace treaty on the USS Missouri. His writings appeared in Life, Look, the Los Angeles Times, and other major periodicals and newspapers.