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William Henry Jackson recorded on film what the late nineteenth century world wanted most to see: the real American frontier. His stunning photographs of the Colorado Rockies, Mesa Verde, the Tetons, Yosemite, and Yellowstone made a mark not only on the history of photography but also on the history of the nation.

Jackson started his photographic career in 1864 and in 1870 he was invited to join the first Hayden Scientific Survey of the West. The success of that expedition led to several more, and soon Jackson and his work were world renowned. Jackson continued photographing into his sixties, and later became a respected painter as well.

With lively prose and keen insight, Douglas Waitley reveals the charm, tenacity, courage, and contradictions of this remarkable man. A thorough and well-researched yet emphatically readable biography, William Henry Jackson: Framing the Frontier features more than one hundred photographs illustrating Jackson's remarkable legacy.

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