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George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) was one of the first Americans to paint his world as it really was - everyday people in their everyday lives. But it is a world that now seems romantic and legendary: the vast, exciting frontier of nineteenth-century America, when Missouri was the West, and its river towns were exploding with river men, trappers, traders, and all the pioneers who had brought their families over the Boone Trail to become a part of the new country, where every man's dream could come true. In his countless portraits and superb drawings from life - a human record of his times that is unsurpassed and that has preserved forever a unique era of American history. 27 black and white sketches and drawings. 8 color plates.