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A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, The Mark Lynton History Prize, and the Sally Hacker Prize for the History of Technology

“A panoramic vision of cultural change” —The New York Times

Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Orwell's Roses explores what it was about California in the late 19th-century that enabled it to become such a center of technological and cultural innovation

The world as we...

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Awards Art, Architecture & Photography History Biography Photography United States History Artists, Architects & Photographers - Biography Photography - History, Criticism, & Collections United States History - Western, Plains & Rocky Mountain Region 19th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous History & Criticism - General & Miscellaneous Photography Individual Photographers & Professionals Western United States - History - General & Miscellaneous California - State & Local History Photographers - Biography Frontier & Pioneer Life - Western United States New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2003 Village Voice Best Books of the Year 2003 2004 Lukas Prizes Winners Contemporary Nonfiction->Spur Award 2004 Spur Award Winners Mark Lynton History Prize->All Winners 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Criticism->National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2003 New York Times Best Books of 2003 Village Voice Best Books of the Year 2003 Journalism & Political Book Awards Lukas Prize Project Awards All Winners - Lukas Prizes Other Awards Spur Awards Spur Awards - By Category Spur Awards - By Year Mark Lynton History Prize National Book Critics Circle Awards All Winners by Year - National Book Critics Circle Awards Previous Finalists - National Book Critics Circle Awards All Winners by Category - National Book Critics Circle Awards

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West