Article Title

Editor's Column

Authors

Gregory B. Sullivan, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow

Abstract

An exhibition of paintings of the American Old West caught my attention one afternoon, after I had wandered across the street from our affiliate V.A. outpatient clinic to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. A popular theme among these romanticized views of the American frontier was the image of the trapper; alone, silent figure working at the nation's interface with the unknown. Several paintings depicted a custom known as the rendez-vous, a semi-annual occurrence wherein the trappers gathered eastward to river outposts in order to socialize, trade information and hand-made maps, restock supplies, and display for sale the bounty gleaned from the previous season.

Recommended Citation

Sullivan, MD, Gregory B. (1988) "Editor's Column," Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29046/JJP.006.1.008
Available at: https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jeffjpsychiatry/vol6/iss1/2