SOLOMON D. BUTCHER: PHOTOGRAPHING THE AMERICAN DREAM

Carter, John E.

ISBN 10: 0803214049 / ISBN 13: 9780803214040

Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1985

About this Item

As New. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Solomon D. Butcher and black-and-white facsimiles and a map. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The rear cover of the dust jacket is sunned where another book laid on top. Unread. Fine condition in near fine dust jacket. ; Black-and-white photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 142 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SOLOMON D. BUTCHER: PHOTOGRAPHING THE AMERICAN DREAM
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803214049
• ISBN 13: 9780803214040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Solomon D. Butcher
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic record of the generation that settled the Great Plains. Their faces are imprinted on our minds: jaunty bachelors and earnest husbands (Civil War veterans of both armies), spinster sodbusters, determined mothers, cowhands, farmhands, and former slaves--all in search of land of their own. This first book devoted to Butcher and his photos presents a unique visual chronicle of that epoch, firmly establishing Butcher's place in frontier photography. In a substantial introduction, John E. Carter traces the variegated career of this Virginia-born photographer who was himself an immigrant to the Nebraska plains. Combining critical analysis with biography, Carter situates Butcher in western history as well as in the history of photography and assesses his achievements in both. Exploring the nature of Butcher's works and their scope, content, and significance, Carter offers a perspective for evaluating the historical evidence found in his work and new insights into the evolution of Butcher's style and subject matter. In this new paperback edition, more than 125 photographs are superbly reproduced in duotone from high-resolution scans of glass negatives. This edition also includes a new afterword by Carter, tracing the fascinating history of the photographs themselves after Butcher sold them to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1912. Everyone interested in the plains pioneers or historical American photography will prize this splendid book.

About the Author

John E. Carter (1950-2015) was a senior research historian at the Nebraska State Historical Society and is the coauthor, with Richard E. Jensen and R. Eli Paul, of Eyewitness at Wounded Knee, available in a Bison Books edition.