This book presents the closing days of America's untamed West as lived and recorded through the lens of three of the best-known photographers of the era:David Francis Barry, John C.H. Grabill, and L.A. Huffman. These men knew Custer and the 7th Cavalry, as well as the leaders of the Native people who fought valiantly to preserve their lands and historic way of life. These photographers knew the cowboys and ranchers and even the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. Through the publication of their work, the photographs these men took gave people from coast to coast a realistic and sometimes spectacular image of what was happening on the frontier as the relentless waves of immigrants swept westward in search of land, gold, and new lives. Paul Jensen gathers both the stories of their lives and the historic photos of their times to serve up a savory taste of the Wild West.
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