Author: HALES, PETER B.
Title: William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape
Description: Philadelphia, Temple University Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0877224781). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), Oblong 4to. 356 pages; 193 reproduced photographs all b&w . A terrific historic document in text and photographs of the transformation of the West. Jackson, who worked for the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, "was acclaimed in the nineteenth century as the world's most famous landscape photographer." Wide-open landscapes, individual Native Americans and their tented villages, railroads in the mountains, workmen along rivers. A terrific book. Clean throughout; tight binding. Fine.

Keywords: William Henry Jackson Landscape Photographer Native American Photographer Indian Photographer Indian Villages Pawnee Village U. S Geological and Geographical Survey of Territories Photography Environment & Ecology 0877224781


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