Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-184) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Great West -- Ch. 3. Early Artists in the West -- Ch. 4. The Nobility of Nature -- Ch. 5. The Discovery of the West: Government Patronage -- Ch. 6. The Discovery of Western Americans -- Ch. 7. The Landscape as Spectacular.
Summary
From the Library of Congress collection comes a showcase of the first published pictures of the American West at the turn of the 19th century, never seen before in collected form by the public. Includes 50 color and 50 black-and-white prints.
