My debut novel, Blood to Rubies, is unique in historical fiction
in that it features 70 black-and-white images. Many are archival images
from famous frontier photographers of the 1800s. Others are from
some of the world's greatest contemporary photographers of
the American West, landscapes, horses, and the Nez Perce.
During my many years of writing, researching and publishing my debut novel, Blood to Rubies, I met so many extraordinary people, among them Nez Perce elders and tribal members, photographers, authors, and historical scholars. I pored over hundreds of books with archival images of frontier photographers from the 1800s, some who became very famous, some who remain unknown today.
Award-winning Idaho photographer, Randolph Fritz, provided the wonderful image of the Wallowa Falls in Oregon, that opens Chapter 49, worlds apart, on page 264. (An archival image of a Nez Perce couple in the 1880s was dropped into his photograph, symbolizing the Nez Perce wedding that takes place in the chapter.) The Wallowa Falls is near Chief Joseph’s ancestral home of Lake Wallowa in the far northeast corner of Oregon, near the Idaho border. Randolph Fritz's award-winning work features magnificent western landscapes of farms, ranches, barns, and nature.
His prints are for sale at:
Saatchi Art: saatchiart.com/account/profile/1132600
Fine Art America: fineartamerica.com/profiles/randolph-fritz
ABOUT THE IMAGES IN BLOOD TO RUBIES
My debut novel is extremely unique in historical fiction since it features 70 black-and-white images. I searched high and low to find these images and worked with the world's most iconic libraries, including the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, National Archives, the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University, the National Park Service, the Nez Perce Historical Park Service, the Polish Digital Equestrian Library, special private collections, and many state historical societies. The images help tell the story of my main character, a fictional frontier photographer, Frederick Cortland. Many are 1800s archival images from real frontier photographers. But some are from the world's leading contemporary photographers of the American West, of horses, and of the Nez Perce.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THIS JOURNEY WITH ME❣️🙏💙
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Originally posted January 5, 2024 on NotesfromtheFrontier.com and Facebook.
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