Lanterns on the prairie : the Blackfeet photographs of Walter McClintock / edited by Steven L. Grafe ; with contributions by William E. Farr, Sherry L. Smith, and Darrell Robes Kipp
"Presents more than one hundred of [McClintock's] images"--Front jacket flap.
High Plains Book Award for nonfiction, 2010.
ANTH copy 39088014666846 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of William H. Plank
NMAI copy 39088019860469 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
Staging the Blackfeet : the curious career of Walter McClintock / Steven L. Grafe -- A point of entry : the Blackfeet adoption of Walter McClintock / William E. Farr -- Reimagining the Blackfeet : Walter McClintock in historical context / Sherry L. Smith -- Completing the circle / Darrell Robes Kipp -- The McClintock photographs : content and technique / Steven L. Grafe
Summary:
Lanterns on the Prairie explores the motivations of the players in McClintock's story and the historic context of his engagement with the Blackfeet. The essayists offer fascinating vignettes, including McClintock's encounters with such luminaries as Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, and the Cronw Prince of Prussia, and an ill-fated attempt to stage an opera based on Blackfeet musical themes. The photographys themselves provide an irreplaceable visual record of the Blackfeet during a pivotal period in their history.
