Lawlor L. Window on the West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson

Holiday House, 1999. — 150 p.Presents the photographs taken by William Henry Jackson from 1869 to 1893, discussing his life and how his work captured and introduced the American West to the public.William Henry Jackson's photographs provided the first glimpse of the American frontier to most Americans. Arriving west only one month after the completion of the transcontinental railroad, he captured the power and grandeur of such places as Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite in extraordinary photographs. His vast body of work also documents the rapid transformation of the West as immigrants poured in, boomtowns, sprang up overnight, great herds of buffalo were slaughtered, and American Indians suffered devastating defeats.