4/4 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

Published: March 15, 2020, 11:54 p.m.

Image: Little Plume, with his son Yellow Kidney, occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. This is the unretouched original, which has a clock between Little Plume and Yellow Kidney. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan (https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Egan/e/B000APEFME/ref=dp_byline_cont_audible_1) .   David Drummond (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_2?ie=UTF8&search-alias=audible&field-keywords=David+Drummond) (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_3?ie=UTF8&search-alias=audible&field-keywords=Dreamscape+Media%2C+LLC) (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Short-Nights-Shadow-Catcher-Photographs/dp/B009NOT8XY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   At once an amazing adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable, untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.  He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes, but the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise—his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements.