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Photo odyssey : Solomon Carvalho's remarkable Western adventure, 1853-54 / Arlene B. Hirschfelder.
- Title
- Photo odyssey : Solomon Carvalho's remarkable Western adventure, 1853-54 / Arlene B. Hirschfelder.
- Author
- Hirschfelder, Arlene B.
- Publication
- New York : Clarion Books, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F593.C283 H57 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 118 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Summary
- Describes the life of Carvalho, a Jewish photographer who accompanied John Charles Fremont on his last expedition to the West.
- Subject
- Carvalho, Solomon Nunes, 1815-1897 > Juvenile literature
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 > Juvenile literature
- Photographers > West (U.S.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Explorers > West (U.S.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Jews > West (U.S.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
- West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Literature
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Autobiographies.
- Littérature.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Acknowledgment -- Members of Fremont's fifth expedition -- Map -- Solomon Nunes Carvalho -- National mania -- Getting ready -- Camera, a contest, and camp life -- Buffalo hunting -- Prairie fires and a Cheyenne village -- Supplies for the journey -- Rocky Mountain summits -- Horses and a surprise save the day -- To eat or not to eat -- Stubborn as a mule -- Frozen feet and dead animals -- Death of a friend -- Mormons to the rescue -- Carvalho's life after the adventure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 039589123X
- OCLC
- 42413329
- SCSB-11696276
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library