Young Adult: This biography brings alive the will and vision an artist must possess to succeed. Born in 1796, George Catlin lived during the intense period of expansion known as Manifest Destiny. Having met sympathetic Indians at an early age in Pennsylvania, he spent the rest of his life documenting them before their numbers dwindled tragically. The self-taught artist traveled to the most remote parts of the American continents to paint the faces, attire and rituals of 19th-century i
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