People of the first man:
by Wied, Maximilian zu frey50
Published by : Promontory Press (New York) , 1982 Physical details: 256 p. Watercolors, b&w illustrations. ISBN:0883949946.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 978 Wie (Browse shelf) | Available | 526611 |
Illustrations from the Maximilian-Bedmer Collection owned by and used with special permission of the Northern Natural Gas Company, Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1833 the German explorer and naturalist, Prince Maximilian zu Wied, together with Karl Bodmer, his Swiss-born artist companion, traveled some 5,000 miles along the Missouri River during their year long sojourn with the Plains Indians. It became Maximilian's and Bedmer's dangerous task to live and travel among many tribes to record painstakingly their daily life and ceremonial activities. Maximilian's monumental narrative, which has long been regarded as one of the classics of early western exploration, is presented here in a carefully edited version supplemented with revealing and previously unpublished entries from his original field journal. Within a decade of Maximilian's return to Europe, Manifest Destiny, accompanied by smallpox and alcohol, led to the virtual extermination of the Plains culture.