Author: JACKSON, William H. (in collaboration with Howard R. Driggs).
Title: The pioneer photographer: Rocky Mountain adventures with a camera. Illustrated from sketches and photographs made by the author.
Description: Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y.: World Book Company, 1929. 20cm. xii (including frontis), 314pp, map, text illustration (some full-page). Original pictorial grey cloth lettered in black Slight creasing to rear cover cloth, o/w a VG copy. Signed by Jackson on front free endpaper. Contents: Early experiences -- A plunge into unknown fields -- Bullwhacking across the plains -- Trailing California mustangs -- Photographing along the Union Pacific route -- Across Wyoming with Hayden -- First photographing of Yellowstone -- Photographing the Grand Canyon -- Among the Colorado Rockies -- Around the headwaters of the Arkansas -- Photographing the Mountain of the Holy Cross -- Photographic adventures among the Ute Indians -- Among the peaks of the San Juan -- Adventures with a larger camera -- Discovery of the cliff ruins -- In the land of the cliff dwellers -- Further adventures with the Indians -- In the land of the pueblos -- Along the old Wyoming trails again -- Pronunciation of difficult names -- Index.

Keywords: Travel & Exploration Photography Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942. Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942. Geological Survey (U.S.) Geological Survey (U.S.) Documentary photography. Photography. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Photography Phot


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