The Resource The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman, Benita Eisler
The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman, Benita Eisler
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The item The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman, Benita Eisler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- In the first six years of the 1830s, George Catlin lived among and painted the Native American tribes of the Northern Plains. He mission was to fix images of a vanishing race, because he was afraid the United States government would succeed in exterminating them. He created over six hundred portraits-- unforgettable likenesses of individual chiefs, warriors, braves, squaws, and children belonging to more than thirty tribes living along the upper Missouri River
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Homecoming
- Away
- George Catlin, academician
- A journeyman artist
- Wanderers
- A free man
- Savage and civilized tribes
- Border crossings
- The fur fortress
- "White medicine man"
- A stranger in paradise
- O-kee-pa
- "Problems of shade, shadow and perspective"
- A man who makes pictures for a traveling show
- "We are invaders of a sacred soil"
- "Catlin encamped, wolves in the distance"
- Flight paths
- The Pipestone Quarry
- A "go-a-head" artist
- "Without fortune and without patronage"
- The great and the good
- High Society
- "Tableaux villains"
- "Indians! Real Indians!"
- George Catlin's wild west show
- Déjà vu, all over again
- A flight of royals
- "A thing belonging to us"
- Magical mystery tours
- "Now I am G. Catlin again, look out for the paint!"
- Isbn
- 9780393066166
- Label
- The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman
- Title
- The red man's bones
- Title remainder
- George Catlin, artist and showman
- Statement of responsibility
- Benita Eisler
- Title variation
-
- Red mans bones
- George Catlin, artist and showman
- George Catlin, artist & show man
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the first six years of the 1830s, George Catlin lived among and painted the Native American tribes of the Northern Plains. He mission was to fix images of a vanishing race, because he was afraid the United States government would succeed in exterminating them. He created over six hundred portraits-- unforgettable likenesses of individual chiefs, warriors, braves, squaws, and children belonging to more than thirty tribes living along the upper Missouri River
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Eisler, Benita
- Dewey number
-
- 759.13
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ND237.C35
- LC item number
- E39 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Catlin, George
- Painters
- Indians in art
- West (U.S.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman, Benita Eisler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-442) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Homecoming -- Away -- George Catlin, academician -- A journeyman artist -- Wanderers -- A free man -- Savage and civilized tribes -- Border crossings -- The fur fortress -- "White medicine man" -- A stranger in paradise -- O-kee-pa -- "Problems of shade, shadow and perspective" -- A man who makes pictures for a traveling show -- "We are invaders of a sacred soil" -- "Catlin encamped, wolves in the distance" -- Flight paths -- The Pipestone Quarry -- A "go-a-head" artist -- "Without fortune and without patronage" -- The great and the good -- High Society -- "Tableaux villains" -- "Indians! Real Indians!" -- George Catlin's wild west show -- Déjà vu, all over again -- A flight of royals -- "A thing belonging to us" -- Magical mystery tours -- "Now I am G. Catlin again, look out for the paint!"
- Control code
- ocn783163556
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393066166
- Lccn
- 2013013973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- B C289 ; XX-AB ; es ; C1308BT9.
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 783163556
- (Sirsi) 783163556
- (OCoLC)783163556
- Label
- The red man's bones : George Catlin, artist and showman, Benita Eisler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-442) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Homecoming -- Away -- George Catlin, academician -- A journeyman artist -- Wanderers -- A free man -- Savage and civilized tribes -- Border crossings -- The fur fortress -- "White medicine man" -- A stranger in paradise -- O-kee-pa -- "Problems of shade, shadow and perspective" -- A man who makes pictures for a traveling show -- "We are invaders of a sacred soil" -- "Catlin encamped, wolves in the distance" -- Flight paths -- The Pipestone Quarry -- A "go-a-head" artist -- "Without fortune and without patronage" -- The great and the good -- High Society -- "Tableaux villains" -- "Indians! Real Indians!" -- George Catlin's wild west show -- Déjà vu, all over again -- A flight of royals -- "A thing belonging to us" -- Magical mystery tours -- "Now I am G. Catlin again, look out for the paint!"
- Control code
- ocn783163556
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393066166
- Lccn
- 2013013973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- B C289 ; XX-AB ; es ; C1308BT9.
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 783163556
- (Sirsi) 783163556
- (OCoLC)783163556
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