ASIN: B00AFLFK04
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 320
Spirit Painter deals with the clash of cultures in the 1830's amongst America's aboriginals, the fur traders and the visiting artist from the east, George Catlin. It was a time of changes in the lives of the Indian tribes, with their old ways being left behind as trade goods were introduced into their daily lives. It's a little romance, a little adventure, and a little humor. Based on true characters and events interwoven with fictional events and relationships. It is how history might actually have happened.The author has done extensive research into the journals of George Catlin, Lewis and Clark, Nicollet and other explorers and traders to the upper plains in the 18th and 19th centuries in order to create feasible fictional events to supplement the factual elements of the book. The author also visited many of the historical sites in the book, from North Dakota to Minnesota’s Pipestone ...
