Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War

Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War
ISBN-10
1574882953
ISBN-13
9781574882957
Category
American newspapers
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Potomac Books
Author
Brayton Harris

Description

Blue & Gray in Black & White is account of the techniques, tactics, and personalities of the news-gathering industry during the American Civil War. This cataclysmic event accelerated the transformation of the content of newspapers from pallid literature and opinion to robust, partisan reporting of vital events, real and imagined. The written record, however, is only part of the story. Much of the impact of Civil War journalism derives from its illustrations, and twenty-two examples of these are reproduced here. Harris also follows the war's most famous artists, including Winslow Homer, as they and their reporter brethren braved the dangers of the battlefield to capture some of our most memorable images of war.

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