{"product_id":"book-16","title":"\"Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady\" by Roy Meredith","description":"\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eFull title: \u003cem\u003eMr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady\u003c\/em\u003e by Roy Meredith. Published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eFormerly a library book, but very well cared for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"Mathew Brady, one of the foremost early American photographers and one of the earliest war photographers, was \"official photographer\" for the Union Army in the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"With his assistants and his horse-drawn photographic wagon, Brady accompanied the troops and recorded the war firsthand. His war pictures are among the greatest war photographs ever taken, and constitute a prized pictorial record of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"A photographer much in demand by statesmen and celebrities, Brady amassed a gallery of distinguished portraits. Most famous of these is the \"Brady Lincoln,\" the photograph used for the engraving of the Lincoln head on the five-dollar bill. There are even photographs of Brady himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\"But the heart of the book is the Civil War photographs: Battle Smoke, Union Wounded at Fredericksburg, Burnside's Bridge over the Antietam, Death of a Rebel Sniper, Remains of the Dead at Chancellorsville, Embalming Surgeon at Work, Atlanta Ga. Just After Its Capture, and others. Meredith's text tells the story behind many of the photographs and gives a lively account of Brady's life and times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $15. Please allow two weeks for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107482235182,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-BOOK-LINCOLN-BRADY","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-book-lincoln-brady-main.jpg?v=1784119905","url":"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/book-16","provider":"The History List","version":"1.0","type":"link"}