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Sullivan, George

Portraits of War: Civil War Photographers and Their Work

80 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | April, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-7613-3019-4 $$24.40
(3) 4-6 Published spring 1998. Biographies of Civil War photographers--including the famous Mathew Brady and the less well known Alexander Gardner--knit together this history of the bloody era captured by their cameras. Peppered with quotes from primary and secondary sources, the text is very readable, as are the lengthy captions for the striking black-and-white photographs of generals, battle sites, and dead soldiers. Ind.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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