Picturing Bushmen

Picturing Bushmen
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Download or read book Picturing Bushmen written by Robert J. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon (anthropology, U. of Vermont) describes the expedition 16 Denver businessmen sponsored to make their city famous by bringing back a man and women who represented the missing link between humans and the lower animals. He presents the photographs that were nearly the only result of the effort, and interprets what they were intended to portray to their creator and his audience. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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