William Henry Jackson's lens : how Yellowstone's famous photographer captured the American West /
Tim McNeese.
- xv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist. He is also one of those most often overlooked figures of the American West. His larger claim to fame involves his repeated forays into the western lands of nineteenth-century America as a photographer. Jackson's life spanned multiple incarnations of the American West. Jackson's story was long and his life full, as he lived to the enviable age of 99. This biography presents the good, bad, and ugly of Jackson's life, both personal and professional, through the use primary source materials, including Jackson's autobiographies, letters, and government reports on the Hayden Surveys"--
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021088671 Uk
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)