Richard Kern's Far West Sketches: A Visual History of the 1853 Gunnison Expedition
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In 1853 Richard Hovendon Kern was hired as topographer and artist for a government-sponsored reconnaissance led by Captain John Williams Gunnison. Kern sketched landscape panoramas as the group made its way from the eastern border of Kansas Territory toward the Pacific Ocean. When the expedition reached Sevier Lake, Utah, however, it was attacked by a band of Indians. Seven men, including Kern and Gunnison, were killed and Kern's drawings were stolen...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:164769017X
ISBN13:9781647690175
Release Date:September 2021
Publisher:Boxelder Books
Length:368 Pages
Weight:2.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 10.9" x 8.5"
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