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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher

the Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
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Dec 02, 2023knewel rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, enlightening, and engrossing read about culture, art, character, history, and complex individual
Jun 14, 2023jcamenga rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is the second book I've read written by Timothy Egan. It tells the amazing story of Edward Curtis, who made it his life's mission to photograph Indian culture as it really existed. His first portrait was Indian Princess Angeline, the…
Jun 02, 2023Zannelah54 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite non-fiction books. Egan is skilled at writing about historical topics. If you're interested in either photography or biography this is a book to read. BTW: If you're interested in viewing his images: SDPL (the main San…
Mar 19, 2022TWDAY71 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What a terrific story of American history and the European invasion and a continuance of the long story of Christian intolerance, racism, depredation, and violence as told through the "lens" of a man who was driven to document the…
Sep 08, 2018SFBookAddict rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm a photography and history buff so this book was right up my alley. I have seen Curtis's photographs but I never knew his story. This well written and researched book by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times writer Timothy Egan tells…
Apr 06, 2018orange_lobster_23 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A wonderfully researched biography of self-taught photographer, documentarian, and archivist, Edward Curtis, whose life long obsession was to record and advocate for the vanishing cultural legacy of 80 North American native tribes.…
Aug 03, 2016DorisWaggoner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A wonderful bio, full of adventure and pathos. Egan's a wonderful writer, as was Curtis. Curtis believed the Native American cultures were dying, and it was his task to document them as they were before European contact. Census data and…
Feb 29, 2016ppriceaz rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a great audio book. The life of Edward Curtis and his work make wonderful listening.
Dec 07, 2015EmilyEm rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Author Egan writes a readable account of the lifetime passion of Curtis to document the life of Native Americans. It's an amazing story but by the time one gets to the last volumes this story gets a little redundant. I'm looking forward…
Oct 03, 2015brinyurchin rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Well researched and well written. Inspiring and beautiful.
Mar 21, 2015cuwabig1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very interesting both from an historical and psychological point of view. Historically interesting because of the association with T.Roosevelt, J.P.Morgan, and the Native American tribes. Psychologically interesting to observe the…
Oct 02, 2014
And after reading Egan's great book, you should go visit the John Wilson Special Collections and take a look at the actual photogravures by Edward Curtis. In our special collections Multnomah County Library has all 20 volumes of plates and…
Jan 08, 2014pokano rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Superb book by Tim Egan describing the life and work of Edward Curtis, the Seattlite who took all the sepia-toned photos of Native Americans and First People in the late 1800's and well into the first half of the 20th Century. Amazingly…
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Jul 16, 2013tuesdayswithlori rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The writing in this is very entertaining. I wish that there had been more pictures that Ed Curtis had taken. It is fascinating to read the story and see the picture of the person who captured Curtis's attention. I felt at times the the…
Jun 25, 2013megtwice rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Unforgettable, hypnotizing, devastating, astonishing. One of the most fascinating books I've ever read — I will remember Edward Curtis and his undertaking forever. I immediately bought a book of his photographs when I finished, in order to…
May 17, 2013hypocracy rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A fine story by a fine writer-story telling Timothy Egan about photographer Edward Sherriff Curtis’s photographic story telling about the native people the original owners of this lands and the loss of their nations. With population of…
Nov 24, 2012
Now that I've finished reading this book, all my other reading seems boring. This book was really enjoyable. Readers who have lived in the American west, especially anyone who has lived in Seattle, would be glad they read it.
Nov 06, 2012Nancy_Pearl rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Tim Egan is a wonderful speaker - if you get a chance to hear him, drop everything and go.