{"product_id":"different-travelers-different-eyes-artists-narratives-of-the-american-west-1820-1920-paperback","title":"Different Travelers, Different Eyes: Artists' Narratives of the American West: 1820-1920 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wild\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDonald A. Barclay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames H. Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early American West has been depicted in art as a land of harsh struggles, a place of heavenly miracles, and everything in between. \u003ci\u003eDifferent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Different Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e records impressions of life on the nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American frontier by twenty-one artists better known for their paintings, sculptures, and photographs. Most but not all the selections come from journals or diaries kept during trips to the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Moran, for instance, notes what others must have felt, that \"the impression then made upon me by the stupendous and remarkable manifestations of nature's forces will remain with me as long as memory lasts.\" That impression of grandeur echoes the vast and dramatic canvasses Moran created on his trips west. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDifferent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Different Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e is not an art-history book. The narrators are not art historians. Their works adorn the walls of museums, fill the pages of art books, fetch large sums at auction, and (as reproductions) illustrate histories of the early American West. Chances are slim, however, that the casual reader has read a word these artists wrote. This gathering brings the best of this literary art out of the shadows.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Wild is a professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald A. Barclay is a librarian at the Houston Academy of Medicine\/Texas Medical Center Library in Houston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames H. Maguire is a professor of English at Boise (Idaho) State University. The three scholars have previously collaborated on \u003ci\u003eA Rendezvous Reader: Tall, Tangled, and True Tales of the Mountain Men, 1805-1850\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eInto\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe Wilderness Dream: Exploration Narratives of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 10.06 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459180708093,"sku":"9780875652429","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/7kc_CFFFXo9780875652429.webp?v=1777253127","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/different-travelers-different-eyes-artists-narratives-of-the-american-west-1820-1920-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}