Taming of the West, a Photographic Perspective ~ Phillips

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From the Western & Civil War research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

Taming of the West, a Photographic Perspective 

by David R. Phillips

Condition; good, minor shelf wear on library acetate covering dust jacket over hard cover

Galahad Books, 1974

Here is a searing and moving revelation of the west and its people. Culled from several hundred thousand wet-plate negatives is the visual depiction of the United States between 1859 and 1900 resulting in a marvelous reflection of people and lifestyles in America. It is a pictorial social history of the men and women who forged westward, leaving their pattern on the land and the imprint of the land on our culture. Each photo is accompanied by narrative detail the event depicted.