Print the Legend: Photography and the American West

Print the Legend: Photography and the American West - Paperback

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Print the Legend: Photography and the American West

Print the Legend: Photography and the American West - Paperback

$99.00
Sale price  $99.00 Regular price 

Book Overview

This prize-winning book tells the intertwined stories of photography and the American West-a new medium and a new place that came of age together in the nineteenth century. "Excellent . . . rewarding . . . a provocative look at the limits of photography as recorder of history-and its role in perpetuating myth."-Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News "A sophisticated and engaging exploration of photography and the West . . . A really handsome work."-James McWilliams, Austin Chronicle "A wonderful book."-Vernon Peter, Sunday Oregonian "A deliciously intelligent new book . . . so engrossing you can't stop reading."-Michael More, Albuquerque Journal "Print the Legend belongs on that short shelf of essential books about the American West."-James P. Ronda, University of Tulsa

ISBN9780300103151
Author Martha A. Sandweiss
PublisherYale University Press
GenreHistory and Arts
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages402
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Martha A. Sandweiss

Martha A. Sandweiss is professor emerita of history at Princeton University, where she is founding director of the Princeton & Slavery Project. She is the award-winning author of many books, including Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception across the Color Line and Print the Legend: Photography and the American West.

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