Witness to the Civil War
Witness to the Civil War

Author: Jim Lewin

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0060891505

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For four bloody years, the Civil War ravaged America. Those at home could only imagine the sights and events overtaking their husbands and sons, fathers and brothers who were under arms. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was a primary source of information during those dark days. The reporters and artists who traveled with the armies were eyewitnesses to events, great and small, for their captivated readers. Sometimes the news was sensational. At other times it was tragic. But it was always eagerly sought after. Here are the accounts, in pictures and stories, of those first wartime journalists. Here are their reports from the front lines. Here is the Civil War's news as originally presented to loved ones at home. Here you will find images of the battles, the leaders, the camp life, and of the soldiers who gave their all for North and South. In your hands you hold the testimony of those who were Witness to the Civil War.

Beyond the Lines
Beyond the Lines

Author: Joshua Brown

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-06-19

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780520248144

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"Beyond the Lines offers the most imaginative reading I have seen of 19th century visual journalism. The book illuminates in highly original ways how Gilded Age engravers both shaped and reflected popular views regarding race, ethnicity, and labor strife."—Eric Foner, Columbia University

Indians Illustrated
Indians Illustrated

Author: John M Coward

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2016-06-30

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0252098528

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After 1850, Americans swarmed to take in a raft of new illustrated journals and papers. Engravings and drawings of "buckskinned braves" and "Indian princesses" proved an immensely popular attraction for consumers of publications like Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly . In Indians Illustrated , John M. Coward charts a social and cultural history of Native American illustrations--romantic, violent, racist, peaceful, and otherwise--in the heyday of the American pictorial press. These woodblock engravings and ink drawings placed Native Americans into categories that drew from venerable "good" Indian and "bad" Indian stereotypes already threaded through the culture. Coward's examples show how the genre cemented white ideas about how Indians should look and behave--ideas that diminished Native Americans' cultural values and political influence. His powerful analysis of themes and visual tropes unlocks the racial codes and visual cues that whites used to represent--and marginalize--native cultures already engaged in a twilight struggle against inexorable westward expansion.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition

Author: Frank Leslie

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-24

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9783741176166

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Frank Leslie's illustrated historical register of the Centennial Exposition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

An Illustrated Journey
An Illustrated Journey

Author: Danny Gregory

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 144032025X

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Collects excerpts from the personal travel journal sketchbooks of forty-three artists, illustrators, and designers.