The Apparitionists.: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost
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In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized America's imagination. A "spirit photographer," William Mumler, took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of lost loved ones alongside his living subjects. At a time when artists like Mathew Brady were remaking American culture with their cameras, Mumler was a sensation: the affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln. It took a circuslike trial of Mumler on fraud charges, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then, the judge's stunning verdict suggested no one would ever solve the mystery of how Mumler did it. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history, a nation in thrall to new technology while grasping desperately for something to believe in.
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Manseau, P. (2017). The Apparitionists. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Manseau, Peter. 2017. The Apparitionists. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Manseau, Peter, The Apparitionists. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Manseau, Peter. The Apparitionists. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
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