Photo by Brady : a picture of the Civil War

Armstrong, Jennifer 1961- (Author). Brady, Mathew B ca. 1823-1896 (Added Author).

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

Item details

ISBN: 0689857853
ISBN: 9780689857850
Physical Description: print
xi, 147 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, c2005.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p.136-137) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.