Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher

Book cover of Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis

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A New York Times Notable Book
A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man determined to preserve a people and culture in Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life…

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Robert E. May

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I have always been fascinated with Edward Curtis, ever since my wife previewed a documentary film about him with memorable footage on Pacific Northwest Kwakiutls and their potlach rituals in preparation for showing it to one of her courses at Purdue University.

Then I became fascinated with Western art, when she and I researched together our book on the artist Howard Pyle (Howard Pyle: Imagining an American School of Art), because Pyle had a close friendship with that great artist Frederick Remington, who often focused on Native Americans, for his subject matter. We often saw Remington’s fine paintings…

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Locked In Locked Out: Surviving a Brainstem Stroke

By Shawn Jennings,

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Can there be life after a brainstem stroke?

After Dr. Shawn Jennings, a busy family physician, suffered a brainstem stroke on May 13, 1999, he woke from a coma locked inside his body, aware and alert but unable to communicate or move. Once he regained limited movement in his left arm, he began typing his story, using one hand and a lot of patience.

With unexpected humour and tender honesty, Shawn shares his experiences in his struggle for recovery and acceptance of his life after the stroke. He affirms that even without achieving a full recovery life is still worth…

Locked In Locked Out: Surviving a Brainstem Stroke

By Shawn Jennings,

What is this book about?

Can there be life after a brainstem stroke?

After Dr. Shawn Jennings, a busy family physician, suffered a brainstem stroke on May 13, 1999, he woke from a coma locked inside his body, aware and alert but unable to communicate or move. Once he regained limited movement in his left arm, he began typing his story, using one hand and a lot of patience.

With unexpected humour and tender honesty, Shawn shares his experiences in his struggle for recovery and acceptance of his life after the stroke. He affirms that even without achieving a full recovery life is still worth…

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