BOOKS by Rudolf Friedrich Kurz

Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz: An Account of His Experiences Among Fur Traders and American Indians on the Mississippi and the Upper Missouri Rivers During the Years 1846 to 1852 more books like this

by Myrtis Jarrell (Translator), J N B Hewitt (Translator), Rudolf Friedrich Kurz

As a clerk at Forts Berthold and the Union, Kurz, a noted Swiss artist, came to know well Indians, fur traders, and officers, and to understand the conditions of life in the region. He aimed "to give from my own observation a sincere portrayal of the American Indian in his romantic mode of life, a true representation of the larger fur-bearing ...

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On the Upper Missouri: The Journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz, 1851-1852 more books like this

by Rudolf Friedrich Kurz, Carla Kelly (Editor), Scott Eckberg (Introduction by)

In late 1846, Rudolph Friederich Kurz, a young and idealistic Swiss artist, came to the United States to study and paint American Indians. Because he also had to earn a living, he signed on with the Pierre Chouteau Jr. Company (commonly known as the American Fur Company) and traveled northward on the Missouri River to work as a clerk at Fort ...

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