Carleton Watkins: Making the West American

Oakland: University of California Press, 2020. First Edition. Quarto with tan cloth boards in sepia pictorial jacket; illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 536 pages; 23 cm As new still in plastic wrap. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780520377530, 0520377532

"Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) is widely considered the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of his era. He is best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. Drawing on recent scholarship and fresh archival discoveries, Tyler Green reveals how an artist didn't just reflect his time, but acted as an agent of influence. This telling of Watkins's story will fascinate anyone interested in American history; the West; and how art and artists impacted the development of American ideas, industry, landscape, conservation, and politics." -- provided by publisher