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'Until someone tells you, you never know in whose dreams you appear...'- From the prologue of To Catch the LightningWhat is the price of our dreams?Beginning in the late 1890s, Edward Sheriff Curtis undertook the seemingly overwhelming odyssey of capturing the past, of documenting and photographing the fading way of life of the American Indian.In To Catch the Lightning, Alan Cheuse has created a remarkable portrait of the man who would become a legend. Drawn on his epic journey by a series of female muses, Curtis turns his lens on a landscape of unparalleled beauty and tradition. Curtis'desire to complete his destiny as foretold by Chief Joseph, to photograph all of the hundreds of western American Indian tribes, is a haunting tale of the struggle between ambition and duty.The architect of the finest lasting visual record of a culture close to extinction, Curtis stands as a testament to the power of the sacrifices we make for the dreams that compel us.With the ear of a poet and the eye of a historian, Cheuse has crafted a masterwork of American historical fiction. Lyrical, beautifully written, and impressively researched, To Catch the Lightning is a novel of the American spirit.PRA

Author

Alan Cheuse

Publisher

Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Landmark

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781402235092

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.33 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14