Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation
Robert Wilson
Hardcover; 288 Pages
Bloomsbury (2013)
Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation by Robert Wilson is not a compilation of Brady photographs; it is a biography of the man – and a good one at that. Wilson deftly weaves the early history of photography and photojournalism into the story of Brady’s life, the lives of his subjects, and what it all means to Civil War history. Anyone who has gazed with wonderment at Civil War photographs will find this book worth reading.
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