My Life Among the Indians

George Catlin was a fascinating figure of the nineteenth century an artist-explorer who ventured deep into the wilds of the newly discovered Americas to paint the rapidly vanishing indigenous populations their leaders warriors medicine men and scenes from their modes of life. The gifts Catlin received over the years from these remote peoples formed the basis for a vast important collection which Catlin loaned to the world's biggest museums together with his portraits. This new hardcover edition of My Life Among the Indians is illustrated with examples of Catlin's art from this period.