Sounding for Harry Smith: Early Pacific Northwest Influences

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Author/Contributor(s): Lunsford, Bret ; Szwed, John ; Elverum, Phil Publisher: KNW-YR-OWN / P.W. Elverum & Sun Date: 2021 Binding: Hardcover. 232p. Condition: NEW Sounding for Harr y Smith: Early Pacific Northwest Influences is a biography of Harry Everett Smith (1923-1991) that explores the mysteries of his Salish Sea youth during the Great Depression years in Anacortes, Washington. Through an immersion in the history of a place and time, the vibrant Northwest cultural habitat he grew in is brought to life. Revealed along the way are Smith's varied and strange impacts on art, music, avant-garde film, and cultural movements--detailing how these pursuits originated in his homeland, his Coast Salish studies there, his relatives, and the ways these roots were nurtured and connected. A beautifully printed and bound 232-page hardcover book that includes chronology, selected bibliography, endnotes, maps and over 100 historic photographs within 17 substantial and hearty chapters. Dimensions: 8 inches wide by 10 inches tall by 7/8 inches thick. "A major accomplishment in the scholarship on Harry Smith" - Rani Singh, Director of the Harry Smith Archives Show more