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Lawlor, Laurie Window on the West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson 1999. 132pp. $18.95 hc. Holiday House. 0-8234-1380-2. Grade 6 & Up

Born in 1843, William Henry Jackson spent the majority of his 99 years capturing images that fueled people's imaginations of what the West was like. This book follows Jackson as he began his career by enlisting in the Union army. He took with him an inkstand, paper, and one bottle of India ink to record what he saw. Later, he was commissioned by the newly founded Union Pacific to photograph images that would ...

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