Art from Fort Marion The Silberman Collection |
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| Author:
| Szabo, Joyce M. |
| Foreword by:
| Grafe, Steven L. |
| Series title: | The Western Legacies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-3889-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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During the 1870s, Cheyenne and Kiowa prisoners of war at Fort Marion, Florida, graphically recorded their responses to incarceration in drawings that conveyed both the present reality of imprisonment and nostalgic memories of home. The Silberman Collection is an unusually complete group of images that illustrate the artists' fascination with the world outside the southern plains, their living conditions and survival strategies as prisoners, and their reminiscences of...
More DescriptionDuring the 1870s, Cheyenne and Kiowa prisoners of war at Fort Marion, Florida, graphically recorded their responses to incarceration in drawings that conveyed both the present reality of imprisonment and nostalgic memories of home. The Silberman Collection is an unusually complete group of images that illustrate the artists' fascination with the world outside the southern plains, their living conditions and survival strategies as prisoners, and their reminiscences of pre-reservation life.