Faces of the Frontier : Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1, Hardcover by Goodyear, Frank H., III; White, Richard (CON); Foo, Maya E. (CON); Baskette, Amy L. (CON), ISBN 0806140828, ISBN-13 9780806140827, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

As a curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Goodyear, of course mined the resources there to select 121 photos made during a formative time for photography and a tumultuous time in the American West as it became populated and old ways died. Subjects include Geronimo, George A. Custer, William F. Cody, Rain-in-the-Face (a Sioux), Sam Houston, Albert Bierstadt, Eadweard Muybridge (a self portrait), Frederic Remington, Levi Strauss--to name just a few. Each portrait is presented on its own page in this oversize volume ("), with a substantial paragraph of biographical text and identification of when and by whom the photo was created. An essay by historian Richard White (Stanford U.) complements Goodyear's text. A chronology, further reading list, and indexing make this appealing volume useful as a reference. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()