Robert and Frances Flaherty : a documentary life, 1883-1922 / Robert J. Christopher.

Includes diaries of Robert and Frances Flaherty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index.

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Contents -- Illustrations and Maps -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Boy from Iron Mountain -- The Islands That Were Not There, 1884�1904 -- 2 The Violin, Camera, and Canoe -- Diary of Exploration of Lake Nipigon Region, Northern Ontario, 7 September � 5 October 1906 -- 3 From Bryn Mawr to Lake Nipigon -- Diary of the First Mackenzie Expedition, 5 August 1910 � 14 March 1911 -- 4 Through Canada's Northland -- Diary of the Second Mackenzie Expedition, 6 June 1911 � 8 August 1912 -- 5 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Diary of the Third Mackenzie Expedition, 15 June 1913 � 3 October 19146 Frances and the Book of the Heart -- Diary of Frances Hubbard Flaherty, 17 December 1914 � 22 February 1916 -- 7 Flaherty Island -- Diary of the Fourth Mackenzie Expedition, 11 August 1915 � 21 September 1916 -- 8 Nanook of the Barren Lands -- The Port Harrison Diary, August 1920 � August 1921 -- 9 Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W

"Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (1922) was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of the director and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher's biography deepens our understanding of a film legend and his groundbreaking work. Previous biographical work has neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. Robert and Frances Flaherty charts her transformation from a Bryn Mawr bluestocking to the partner of a frontier explorer and offers her unique perspective as his collaborator and publicist."--Jacket

English.

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