The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost
by Manseau, Peter
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1328557065
- ISBN 13
- 9781328557063
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Mariner Books, 2018. xi, 335 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/top edge. First paperback edition. "In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized Americas imagination. A 'spirit photographer,' William Mumler, took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of lost loved ones alongside his living subjects. At a time when artists like Mathew Brady were remaking American culture with their cameras, Mumler was a sensation: the affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln. It took a circuslike trial of Mumler on fraud charges, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then, the judge's stunning verdict suggested no one would ever solve the mystery of how Mumler did it. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history, a nation in thrall to new technology while grasping desperately for something to believe in." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- 105696
- Title
- The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost
- Author
- Manseau, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1328557065
- ISBN 13
- 9781328557063
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- American / 4. Late 19th Century; Photography / History; Photography / Techniques / Darkroom;
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