Robert J. Flaherty : : A Biography / / Paul Rotha; ed. by Jay Ruby.

Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 and 1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk h...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.) :; 52 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Portrait by Oliver St. John Gogarty (1948)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Some Flaherty Sayings
  • Chapter 1. The North and Nanook
  • Chapter 2. Moana and the Pacific
  • Chapter 3. Europe, England, and the Atlantic
  • Chapter 4. India and the Elephants
  • Chapter 5. United States and The Land
  • Chapter 6. Louisiana Story
  • Chapter 7. Man and Artist
  • Afterword
  • Appendix I. The Films of Robert J. Flaherty
  • Appendix II. Some Flaherty Stories
  • Appendix III. On the Record
  • Appendix IV. Notes by John Goldman
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index