The American Civil War claimed the lives of 750;000 Americans. Death and mourning defined the four wrenching years between 1861 and 1865; leaving an indelible imprint on the nation at large. During these years; photography became a powerful tool of reportage and remembrance: "the field of photography is extending itself to embrace subjects of strange and sometimes of fearful interest;" wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes in reference to a haunting series of Civil War views. Drawing on more than 200 works from the superb Civil War collections at the Huntington Library; many never published before; A Strange and Fearful Interest explores how photography and other media were used to describe; explain and perhaps come to terms with a national trauma on an unprecedented scale. The volume focuses on the Battle of Antietam (not only the bloodiest day in the nation's history; but also the first in which photographs of American battlefield dead were made); the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; the national mourning that ensued and the execution of the conspirators; and the establishment of Gettysburg National Monument as part of larger attempts at reconciliation and healing.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Unreliable editionBy C. BennettThis review applies specifically to the J. R. Pole edition of The Federalist; published by Hackett. Considering the thorough notes and fine introduction; this should be the preferred edition of The Federalist for the student and general reader. Sadly; I have found; within the first fifteen pages; an unacceptable number of errors in editing or proofreading. Assuming this rate of errors is representative of the text as a whole; it cannot be relied on as the primary edition for studying this important historical work. If you can afford several editions; by all means acquire the Pole edition for its helpful notes; but I would recommend the standard Cooke edition (from Wesleyan U. Press); the Gideon edition (from Liberty Fund); or the inexpensive Signet edition for the text itself.Here are examples of the errors:On p. xlii; the first essay is incorrectly attributed to John Jay; rather than Alexander Hamilton.On pages 4 and 15; footnotes contain inaccurate cross-references to other notes.Most serious is an apparently systematic editing problem with the text itself. The intention of the Pole edition is to present the so-called "McClean" text; which contained revisions (by the authors) to the original newspaper versions of the essays. However; these revisions are inconsistently incorporated in the Pole edition. For example; in the newspaper text of the third essay; a series of sub-arguments is set forth in separate paragraphs that each begin with the word "Because." In the McClean text; a new sentence was added to indicate that a list of reasons follows; and the word "Because" was omitted from the beginning of each paragraph in the list. But in the Pole edition; one of the paragraphs is not revised at all (the word "Because" still appears); and another is incompletely revised; so that it begins incorrectly with the words "If even if the governing party . . ." rather than "If even the governing party . . ." All this may sound arcane; but; besides being technically inaccurate; it makes the argument confusing and ungrammatical where it is not so; in a correct text of either the newspaper or the McClean versions. I should note that the text was apparently provided by the Intelex Corporation; not prepared by Professor Pole himself.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy CustomerI didn't love the forward0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. aBy Patrick Griffinproduct was the product i purchased. The best description i have for it is in the title. check it out.
