Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz - An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers During the Years 1846 to 1852

As a clerk at Forts Berthold and the Union, Kurz, a noted Swiss artist, came to know well Indians, fur traders, and officers, and to understand the conditions of life in the region. He aimed "to give from my own observation a sincere portrayal of the American Indian in his romantic mode of life, a true representation of the larger fur-bearing animals, native forests and prairies." The volume, which includes 93 drawings, was originally published as Bulletin 115 of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

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Includes 93 drawings, was originally published as Bulletin 115 of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

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• Authors: Rudolf Friedrich Kurz, Rudolph Friederich Kurz
• Assisted by: J N B Hewitt (Editor), J. N. B. Hewitt (Editor), J. N. B. Hewitt (Translation), Myrtis Jarrell (Translation)
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1970
• EAN: 9780803257139
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-5713-9
• No. of pages: 430
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 214 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Amerikanische Geschichte, Nordamerika (USA und Kanada), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / North America