Six hundred thousand lives were lost between 1861 and 1865; making the conflict between North and South the nation’s deadliest war. If the “War Between the States†was the test of the young republic’s commitment to its founding precepts; it was also a watershed in photographic history; as the camera recorded the epic; heartbreaking narrative from beginning to end—providing those on the home front; for the first time; with immediate visual access to the horrors of the battlefield.Photography and the American Civil War features both familiar and rarely seen images that include haunting battlefield landscapes strewn with bodies; studio portraits of armed Confederate and Union soldiers (sometimes in the same family) preparing to meet their destiny; rare multi-panel panoramas of Gettysburg and Richmond; languorous camp scenes showing exhausted troops in repose; diagnostic medical studies of wounded soldiers who survived the war’s last bloody battles; and portraits of both Abraham Lincoln and his assassin; John Wilkes Booth.Published on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg (1863); this beautifully produced book features Civil War photographs by George Barnard; Mathew Brady; Alexander Gardner; Timothy O’Sullivan; and many others.
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Stoicism and or vs Christianity?By Massimo PigliucciRowe's book is an original; scholarly; yet accessible; comparison of the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism and the philosophy-religion of Christianity. The author approaches the complex subject matter in a straightforward and surprisingly productive fashion: by comparing three of the great Stoics (Seneca; Epictetus; and Marcus Aurelius) to three of the great early Christians (Paul; Luke; and Justin Martyr). For each figure; Rowe examines one major writing and identifies its dominant themes; and the book is worth buying just for that individual analyses of six influential giants of Western thought (parts I and II). Part III is were the comparison begins; and Rowe's conclusion is that; contra much recent scholarship; Stoicism and Christianity are incompatible "life forms." One can either buy into the precepts of one philosophy/religion; and live one kind of life; or into the other; but not both. I actually disagree (I'm a practicing Stoic; but not a Christian); and published an in-depth four part commentary at my blog; howtobeastoic dot org; which you can find by searching for "Stoicism and Christianity." Still; I highly recommend Rowe's book to anyone interested in late Stoicism or early Christianity; not to mention both.1 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerGreat book - immensely readable; and builds to a wonderful ending.1 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Joseph PonziThis is a deep but provocative book written by a preeminent new testament scholar.
