Mathew Brady portraits of a nation - Wilson, Robert 1951- (Bloomsbury, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references (page 257-261) and index
Introduction: "Photo by Brady" -- "A craving for light" -- "This great national map" -- "In daguerreotypes...we beat the world" -- "Large copies from small originals" -- "Startling likenesses of the great" -- "Wonderful strangers" -- "Last place...to see the nation whole" -- "Illustrations of camp life" -- "A continuous roll of musketry" -- "More eloquent than the sternest speech" -- "The terrible reality and earnestness of war" -- "Brady and the Lilliputians" -- "Rebel invasion" -- "That memorable campaign" -- "The ball has opened" -- "A photographic pantheon" -- "Familiar as household words" -- "The stings of poverty" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index