{"product_id":"letters-and-notes-on-the-manners-customs-and-condition-of-the-north-american-indians-paperback-9781108033183","title":"Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033183","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLetters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe notes, letters and drawings of an artist who spent the 1830s documenting Native American tribes in the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Catlin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033183, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e428 pages, 102 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlthough he is best known for his paintings of Native Americans, George Catlin (1796–1872) also wrote books about his experiences among the indigenous peoples of the United States. During the 1830s he travelled widely in the western frontier regions with the aim of documenting the vanishing cultures of the Indians, and managed to meet 48 groups. This was a critical time for Native Americans, as US government policies were forcing many tribes off their ancestral land and onto reservations west of the Mississippi River. Catlin's two-volume work, published in 1841, is a compilation of his letters and field notes, and includes over 300 drawings of people, artefacts and animals. Catlin, following the Romantic tradition, expresses admiration for the 'honest and honourable' Indians, and disgust at 'civilised man' having made them 'victims to whiskey, the small-pox and the bayonet'. Volume 2 focuses on tribes in Arkansas, Texas and Florida.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e32. Cantonment Leavenworth\u003cbr\u003e 33. Grouse shooting before the burning prairies\u003cbr\u003e 34. Ioways\u003cbr\u003e 35. St. Louis\u003cbr\u003e 36. Pensacola, Florida\u003cbr\u003e 37. Transit up the Arkansas river\u003cbr\u003e 38. Fort Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 39. Mouth of the False Washita and Red River\u003cbr\u003e 40. Sickness at the Mouth of False Washita\u003cbr\u003e 41. Great Camanchee village, Texas\u003cbr\u003e 42. Description of the Camanchee village, and view of\u003cbr\u003e 43. The regiment advance towards the Pawnee village\u003cbr\u003e 44. Camp Canadian\u003cbr\u003e 45. Return to Fort Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 46. Alton, on the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 47. Trip to Florida and Texas, and back to St. Louis\u003cbr\u003e 48. Flatheads, nez Percés\u003cbr\u003e 49. Shawanos\u003cbr\u003e 50. Fort Snelling, near the Fall of St. Anthony\u003cbr\u003e 51. Fourth of July at the Fall of St. Anthony\u003cbr\u003e 52. The author descending the Mississippi in a bark canoe\u003cbr\u003e 53. The author and his bark canoe sunk in the Des Moine's Rapids\u003cbr\u003e 54. Côteau des Prairies\u003cbr\u003e 55. 'Story of the Dog' told\u003cbr\u003e 56. Author's return from the Côteau des Prairies\u003cbr\u003e 57. Fort Moultrie\u003cbr\u003e 58. North Western Frontier\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266034848024,"sku":"9781108033183","price":32.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033183i.jpg?v=1694873728","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/letters-and-notes-on-the-manners-customs-and-condition-of-the-north-american-indians-paperback-9781108033183","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}