{"product_id":"manners-customs-and-conditions-of-the-north-american-indians-volume-ii-native-american-9780486221199","title":"Manners  Customs  and Conditions of the North American Indians  Volume II (Native American)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrow  Blackfoot  Pawnee  Sioux  Comanche  Mandan  Choctaw  Cheyenne  Winnebago  Creek  Assiniboin; wild prairies teeming with buffalo; the sacred site of Catlinite stone  all were subjects of Catlins letters and paintings. For eight years (183239) George Catlin ventured among the Indians of the North American Plains capturing in verbal and visual pictures every facet of their lives. For the rest of his life  Catlin carried to Eastern America and Europe the true pictures of the North American Indians enjoying their last years of freedom and dignity in their native home. Catlins book is an adventure. It is an adventure of the painter who was called \"the great white medicine man\" for his ability to paint. It is an adventure of a self-taught painter who vowed: \"nothing short of the loss of my life  shall prevent me visiting their country  and of becoming their historian.\" It is a story of the great mysteries of the many tribes of Indians he visited  the mysteries of costume  posture and myth  the mystery of weapons  hunts  and manly games  the mystery of a life still close in connection with the Great Spirit  with the buffalo and with the traditions of thousands of years  all which would soon be destroyed. \"Art may mourn \" said Catlin  \"when these people are swept from the earth.\" Most importantly  his book is a book of direct  fresh  and accurate illustrations  illustrations that keep the best in Indian life alive. Now for the first time Catlins illustrations are shown as he meant them to be seen. Through a process unknown when his book was first published  photographs of his actual paintings have been used to capture the many layers of depth and accurate depiction that could only be hinted at in the line drawings of the early editions. Two-hundred and fifty-seven photographs of Catlins original oil paintings are included together with fifty-five of the original book illustrations. As a result this is the definitive edition of Catlin that can never be superseded  far more useful than any earlier edition. George Catlins North American Indians is still one of the most readable books about the Indians of the Plains  capturing  as it does  the tribes when they were still in touch with their most important traditions. It has also become an invaluable historic and ethnographic document for study of the American West. The Mandan tribe  which Catlin so carefully set down  disappeared in a small-pox epidemic only five years after his visit. Other tribes changed radically  their traditional mode of life seen only in Catlins notes and illustrations. As Marjorie Halpin says in her introduction  \" ... we can share the feeling of gratitude he expressed when he said  I was luckily born in time to see these people in their native dignity  and beauty  and independence  \"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953224146997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486221199","price":31.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486221199.jpg?v=1788182066","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/manners-customs-and-conditions-of-the-north-american-indians-volume-ii-native-american-9780486221199","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}