{"id":14290,"date":"2015-02-09T05:39:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T11:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2015-02-09T05:39:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T11:39:03","slug":"book-report-the-civil-war-as-they-knew-it-edited-by-pierce-g-frederick-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/book-report-the-civil-war-as-they-knew-it-edited-by-pierce-g-frederick-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: The Civil War As They Knew It<\/i> edited by Pierce G. Frederick (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>This book<\/a> says its text is by Abraham Lincoln and the photos are by Mathew Brady; however, only the latter is true for the most part. Although the book does quote Lincoln on every page, the editor’s text far outweighs Lincoln’s words. The book is 200 pages of photographs, and the images themselves take precedence. The editor provides a light running history of the war accompanying the images, and then Lincoln gets his say at the end of each snippet of historical text. Lincoln’s comments come from speeches, letters, and cables he sends during the course of the war.<\/p>\n

It’s a quick perusal–although it’s 200 pages, I ran through it in a little over an hour–but the book has a good summary-level review of the Civil War and, most strikiningly, the photographic record of a war one hundred and fifty years ago.<\/p>\n

That’s before the Internet, child. And before television<\/em>, even over-the-air broadcast television.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b>
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