As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(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.