{"product_id":"9780689857850","title":"Photo by Brady","description":"By: Jennifer Armstrong     \u003chr\u003eMathew B. Brady was already a famous photographer by the time the Civil War began. But the war gave Brady something else: \u003cbr\u003e The chance to make a \u003cb\u003eRECORD OF A WAR\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003ethis war\u003c\/i\u003e -- in a way that had never been done before: \u003cb\u003eWITH TRUE-TO-LIFE PICTURES INSTEAD OF JUST WORDS.\u003c\/b\u003e He hired field photographers to travel with the troops, equipped them with cameras and wagons filled with supplies, and sent them out with the directive to make a visual record of the war and to show people scenes they could have only read about before. \u003cbr\u003e The pictures the field photographers sent back were \u003cb\u003eHAUNTING, BEAUTIFUL,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDEVASTATING,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAND TOTALLY UNFORGETTABLE.\u003c\/b\u003e And thousands of them included the notation \"Photo by Brady.\" Though Brady didn't actually take the photographs, he was the genius behind them. His vision and foresight gave the country images that not only touched the people at the time, but have gone on to leave an indelible mark on the collective memory of this country. And the name of Mathew Brady will always be remembered with them. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePhoto By Brady,\u003c\/i\u003e Jennifer Armstrong tells the story of the Civil War as seen through the lenses of its recorders. It is a moving and elegant look at the brutal and deadly time.","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46741192736995,"sku":"DTRSSUS-9780689857850","price":151.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/O_12b43323-1949-4784-8a2f-dbc11c182ba1.jpg?v=1750566560","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780689857850","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}