This book tells of Mathew B. Brady, a Civil War photographer, with over 300 reproductions of his work.

The first narrative biography of the Civil War's pioneering visual historian, Mathew Brady, known as the “father of American photography.” Mathew Brady's at

Fought over the course of four years, the Civil War pitted countrymen against countrymen, North versus South, friend against friend, and brother against brother

Discusses how the Civil War photographer constructed an idealized American history based on image as much as fact, portraying a stable republic during its fragm