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Shooting Lincoln : Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the race to photograph the story of the century

Summary: Describes how the deep rivalry between the Civil War eras most notable photographers led them in a paparazzi-like race to be the first to take the most sensational, ghastly photos of Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.

Record details

ISBN: 0306824698
ISBN: 9780306824692
Physical Description: vii, 223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: shooting Lincoln -- The great exhibition -- The making of a president -- The battlefield -- A hearse at your door -- The breakup -- Surrender -- Assassination -- The crime scene -- The funeral -- The hunt for Booth -- Autopsy -- The rogues' gallery -- Trial by picture -- The gallows -- The execution -- Broken -- Epilogue: motion pictures.