Picturing Lincoln: Famous Photographs That Popularized the President - Hardcover
Provides young readers with a look at the five portraits for which Lincoln posed and explains the importance of each as they have been used throughout history.
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George Sullivan is the author of over 100 nonfiction books for young people. For Clarion, he is the author of PICTURING LINCOLN, another book that draws on his expert knowledge of photographic history. Mr. Sullivan lives in New York City.
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Gr 6 Up-Illustrated books on Lincoln are plentiful, and Russell Freedman's photo-biography (Clarion, 1987) is one of the best. Sullivan focuses on some of the best-known likenesses of this president. During the mid-1800s, photography was still new and fascinating to a public that collected carte de vistes and posed for portraits. Early in his career, Lincoln recognized the power of photography and took opportunities to have his image made and circulated among Eastern Republicans. The book includes a number of excellent-quality, black-and-white photos and reproductions of the president and his family. Those chosen for in-depth discussion are Alexander Hesler's "tousled-hair" portrait of 1857, the Cooper Union photograph taken at Mathew Brady's New York studio in 1860, Anthony Berger's 1864 profile photo, Lincoln and his son Tad in 1864, and the five-dollar-bill portrait. Each one is fully examined in a well-written chapter. This unique and sharply focused volume offers an introductory exploration of photographic processes and photographers while tracing the political fortunes of our 16th president. An fascinating addition.-Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL
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- PublisherClarion Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0395916828
- ISBN 13 9780395916827
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages88
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