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A biography of the artist examining his complex relationship with the American West and how he expressed his imagination.
Frederic Remington and the West sheds new light on the remarkably complicated and much misunderstood career of Frederic Remington. This study of the complex relationship between Remington and the American West focuses on the artist's imagination and how it expressed itself. Ben Merchant Vorpahl considers all the dimensions of Remington's...
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"A survey of the long history of artistic interpretation of the Teton Range and Jackson Hole area, this book is timed to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the National Park Service in 2016 and its early efforts to establish Grand Teton National Park. The book includes nearly four hundred paintings, drawings, and photographs, including classic as well as more unique, contemporary interpretations of the magnificent Tetons landscape...
94) Ranson's folly
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A collection of two novellas and three short stories, Ranson's Folly showcases Richard Harding Davis's masterful writing and storytelling skills. The title story was later dramatized by Davis and made into a movie, the collection also includes "The Bar Sinister," "A Derelict," "La Lettre D'Amour," and "In the Fog."
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"As both Fred and his wife Eva had been born and reared in the North Country of New York State, they naturally thought of the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River as a suitable place for their summer home, and when Fred learned through friends who summered there that a small island in Chippewa Bay with a suitable house was available, he acted quickly to make the purchase. He named his island Ingleneuk, an Anglo-Saxon word for a cozy place,...