Solomon D. Butcher Photographing the American Dream

Name: Solomon D. Butcher Photographing the American Dream
Price: 10.5 USD
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ISBN: 9780803214040

ISBN-10: 0803214049

ISBN-13: 9780803214040

Edition: 1985

Authors: John E. Carter, John Carter

List price: $60.00

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For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher’s photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His late-nineteenth-century images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic record in existence of the generation that settled the Great Plains. The faces are unforgettable: jaunty bachelors and earnest husbands, Civil War veterans of both armies, spinster sodbusters and determined mothers, cowhands, farmhands, and former slaves—all in search of land of their own. Originally published in 1985, this first book devoted to Butcher and his photographs presents a unique visual chronicle of Great Plains settlement and established Butcher’s place in frontier photography. Everyone…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 10/1/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 142
Size: 10.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English