Shooting Lincoln : Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the race to photograph the story of the century / Nicholas J. C. Pistor.

Describes how the deep rivalry between the Civil War eras most notable photographers led them in a paparazzi-like race to be the first to take the most sensational, ghastly photos of Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pistor, Nicholas J. C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Da Capo, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination > Press coverage.
Brady, Mathew B., > approximately 1823-1896.
Gardner, Alexander, > 1821-1882.
Photojournalists > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
PHOTOGRAPHY / History.
Civil War (U.S.), 1861-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Assassination.
Photographers.
Photojournalism.
Physical Description:vii, 223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: shooting Lincoln
  • The great exhibition
  • The making of a president
  • The battlefield
  • A hearse at your door
  • The breakup
  • Surrender
  • Assassination
  • The crime scene
  • The funeral
  • The hunt for Booth
  • Autopsy
  • The rogues' gallery
  • Trial by picture
  • The gallows
  • The execution
  • Broken
  • Epilogue: motion pictures.