Framing First Contact: From Catlin to Russell Volume 38

by Kate Elliott and Kate Elliott

Representations of first contact--the first meetings of European explorers and Native Americans--have always had a central place in our nation's historical and visual record. They have also had a key role in shaping and interpreting that record. In Framing First Contact author Kate Elliott looks at paintings by artists from George Catlin to Charles M. Russell and explores what first contact images tell us about the process of constructing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806167114
• ISBN13: 9780806167114
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.5"