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