The Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance by Forrest Fenn

The Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance: A Biography of Joseph Henry Sharp 

Forrest Fenn

Fenn Publishing, 1983

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, spine and margins of covers faded. 1st Edition. Signed by author, a dedication, on half-title page. Joseph Henry Sharp was a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. Fully illustrated with rich reproductions of Sharp's paintings of America's Indigenous people, marbled endpapers. Author Fenn became famous for instigating a lethal decade-long treasure hunt when he hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains.