Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famous photographs in Native …
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