Photo by Brady : a picture of the Civil War /

Photo by Brady : a picture of the Civil War / Jennifer Armstrong.

Retells the Civil War through the eyes of photographer Mathew Brady and other field photographers as they record a brutal and deadly time.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-
Other Authors: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, [2005]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Brady, Mathew B., > approximately 1823-1896 > Juvenile literature.
Brady, Mathew B., > approximately 1823-1896.
Photographers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Photographers.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Photography > Juvenile literature.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Photography.
Table of Contents:
  • Collodion
  • Preparation of the plate
  • Photographer who couldn't see and the man from Scotland
  • Man from Illinois
  • Exposure
  • Carte de Visite
  • First shots
  • Operators in the field
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • All quiet along the Potomac
  • To the gates of Richmond
  • or, halfway, anyway
  • Exposed
  • Developing the image: Bloodiest day
  • Dead of Antietam
  • McClellan's body guard
  • Fredericksburg, cold as death
  • Year of the turning point begins
  • Wilderness: Part one
  • High tide
  • Fixing the image: Gettysburg by Brady
  • Rededication
  • Man we have all been looking for
  • Wilderness: part two
  • Image of history
  • Ballots and bullets
  • And then ...?
  • Fixed
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Picture credits.

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