North American Indians


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The North American Indians Volume 1 of 2


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The North American Indians being letters and notes on their manners customs and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, from 1832-1839 The North American Indians features fifty-eight letters and 320 engraved color illustrations from the author’s original portraits, all in a two-volume set. Volume 1 ISBN 978-1582188683 Volume 2 ISBN 978-1582188690. Both Volumes contain 320 color illustrations digitally reproduced from the John Grant 1926 edition.




The North American Indians


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George Catlin was an American painter and writer. In 1823 he gave up his law practice to pursue his self-taught art, painting portraits in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and Albany, New York. After meeting a tribal delegation of Native Americans from the Far West he became eager to preserve the vanishing tribes and customs of the Native Americans through his art.




The North American Indians Volume 2 of 2


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The North American Indians being letters and notes on their manners customs and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, from 1832-1839 The North American Indians features fifty-eight letters and 320 engraved color illustrations from the author’s original portraits, all in a two-volume set. Volume 1 ISBN 978-1582188683 Volume 2 ISBN 978-1582188690. Both Volumes contain 320 color illustrations digitally reproduced from the John Grant 1926 edition.




North American Indians


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