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First edition. |
| Description |
404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm |
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| Summary |
"A biography of filmmaker, anthropologist, and mystic Harry Smith"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-386) and index. |
| Contents |
Harry Smith : an introduction -- A boy's life -- Dark they were, with golden eyes -- Harry the Hipster -- Harry Smith in New York -- The anthologist -- The parapsychologist -- The anthropologist -- Nights in Bohemia -- Mahagonny -- Lost and found -- A New York ending. |
| Summary |
He was an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia-- and Szwed considers Harry Smith to be one of the twentieth century's most overlooked cultural figures. From his time recording the customs of Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Florida to his life in Greenwich Village in its heyday, Smith was consumed by an unceasing desire to create a unified theory of culture. An insatiable creator and collector, Smith was responsible for the influential Anthology of American Folk Music and several pioneering experimental films, but was also an insufferable and destructive eccentric who was unable to survive in regular society, or keep himself healthy or sober. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Smith, Harry Everett, 1923-1991.
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Artists -- United States -- Biography.
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Beats (Persons) -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Anthology of American folk music.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780374282240 hardcover : $35.00 |
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0374282242 hardcover |
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