Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The American artist George Catlin (1796-1872) travelled extensively and wrote about his experiences. After abandoning the legal profession, Catlin moved to Missouri in 1830 to launch his career as a painter of Native Americans with the express purpose of creating a gallery dedicated to America's indigenous population. He was greatly influenced by the Romantic ideal of the 'noble savage' and spent time living with various tribes, recording their everyday life and habits. In the 1850s, he also made three trips to South America and began to draw comparisons between the populations. He shares his thoughts in this work, published in 1868. Written for children and intended as a follow-up to his Life amongst the Indians (1861), the book is a mixture of legend, history, folklore and anecdotes of personal experience. Sometimes regarded as a pioneer of American anthropology, Catlin also outlines his ethnographical theories in the last few chapters. Zusammenfassung First published in 1868, this is the second of two children's books recounting the experiences of the painter George Catlin (1796–1872) among the native populations of North and South America. Written in an anecdotal style, the book explores indigenous history and folklore as well as outlining Catlin's ethnographical theories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The rattlesnake's den; 2. Gold hunting in the crystal mountains; 3. Descent of the Yucayali; 4. The Flathead Indians; 5. California; 6. Rio de Janeiro; 7. Buenos Ayres; 8. Tierra del Fuego; 9. The Indians, where from?; 10. The Indians, who are they?; 11. The Indians, where are they going?...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: George Catlin, Catlin George
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781108052917
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05291-7
• Seiten: 392
• Serien: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans