{"product_id":"solomon-d-butcher-9780803260382","title":"Solomon D. Butcher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher’s photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. This first book devoted to Butcher and his photos presents a unique visual chronicle of that epoch, firmly establishing Butcher’s place in frontier photography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers and viewers seeking a rich and detailed visual record of the individual and collective process of settlement in central Nebraska will want to study, remember, and return to Butcher's photographs, so effectively displayed in this book.\"—Audrey Goodman, \u003ci\u003eWestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderfully revealing history.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A compelling and singular view of American pioneers and pioneering spirit.”—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Photographer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Splendid. . . . Butcher’s work reveals the stark and self-contained life of these people, and his sense of order and clarity transforms these pictures from mere records into icons of the American spirit.”—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The prairie was Butcher’s stage, and his results ranged from the moving to the hilarious.”—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s an often evocative, poignant sense of life in these photographs of Nebraskans. . . . The quality of the pictures and the earnestness of the people in them creates an almost hypnotic state.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This latest edition of \u003ci\u003ePhotographing the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e honors the late author's beliefs by bringing back Butcher's photographs to life for a new generation.\"—Erika Schwartz, \u003ci\u003eNebraska Life Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Photographs\u003cbr\u003e Afterword","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405264134487,"sku":"9780803260382","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803260382.jpg?v=1730489334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/solomon-d-butcher-9780803260382","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}