My brother Joe is a retired journalist, and has just published his third book.
Here's the description, copied from the Kindle site -
"Most Americans have never seen a photograph of a Revolutionary War soldier. Probably most wouldn’t believe any such photos exist. This book proves they do – with images that are clear, telling portraits of men who fought for freedom more than 225 years ago. And their stories are riveting.
Joseph M. Bauman, a retired newspaper reporter, collected original daguerreotype images of Revolutionary War veterans for more than three decades and spent even more years researching them. He found eight, all of them fully identified and documented.
The images are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-'83 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s; far fewer were daguerreotyped; many, probably most, of such daguerreotypes never carried identification; and finally, the ravages of time have claimed the vast majority of portraits from the 1840s and ‘50s. These eight are the world’s largest collection of camera-original, fully-identified photographs of veterans of the War for Independence – the war that established the United States.
Digging through myriad sources -- 18th and 19th century battle accounts, muster rolls, genealogical records, pension files, letters, period newspapers, town and county histories -- the author was able to flesh out the stories of these veterans. Once forgotten, now they are brought back, lively and engaging, virtues and flaws intact. They include a shoemaker, two ministers, a doctor who later managed a vast mercantile empire, a tavern-keeper, a settler of the Ohio frontier, a blacksmith and the captain of a coastal vessel.
They suffered, starved and fought through the Revolution, and their experiences are thrilling -- from watching the beginning of the Boston Tea Party, to undergoing capture as a prisoner of war, to fighting in the Monmouth, Quaker Hill, Charleston, Bennington and Yorktown battles, to witnessing the final British surrender. As amazing as their stories are, the daguerreotype portraits are even more transfixing.
Look at the strong, intelligent face of Dr. Eneas Munson, stare into his clear eyes: here is a man who risked his life in battle as a teenaged medic, and who saw and heard, up close, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the heavyset genius General Henry Knox. This is a thoroughly-researched, superbly-written and well-illustrated book. The stories and illustrations make a distant era become immediate and vital."
Joseph M. Bauman, a retired newspaper reporter, collected original daguerreotype images of Revolutionary War veterans for more than three decades and spent even more years researching them. He found eight, all of them fully identified and documented.
The images are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-'83 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s; far fewer were daguerreotyped; many, probably most, of such daguerreotypes never carried identification; and finally, the ravages of time have claimed the vast majority of portraits from the 1840s and ‘50s. These eight are the world’s largest collection of camera-original, fully-identified photographs of veterans of the War for Independence – the war that established the United States.
Digging through myriad sources -- 18th and 19th century battle accounts, muster rolls, genealogical records, pension files, letters, period newspapers, town and county histories -- the author was able to flesh out the stories of these veterans. Once forgotten, now they are brought back, lively and engaging, virtues and flaws intact. They include a shoemaker, two ministers, a doctor who later managed a vast mercantile empire, a tavern-keeper, a settler of the Ohio frontier, a blacksmith and the captain of a coastal vessel.
They suffered, starved and fought through the Revolution, and their experiences are thrilling -- from watching the beginning of the Boston Tea Party, to undergoing capture as a prisoner of war, to fighting in the Monmouth, Quaker Hill, Charleston, Bennington and Yorktown battles, to witnessing the final British surrender. As amazing as their stories are, the daguerreotype portraits are even more transfixing.
Look at the strong, intelligent face of Dr. Eneas Munson, stare into his clear eyes: here is a man who risked his life in battle as a teenaged medic, and who saw and heard, up close, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the heavyset genius General Henry Knox. This is a thoroughly-researched, superbly-written and well-illustrated book. The stories and illustrations make a distant era become immediate and vital."
Wow! Way to go, Joe!
To visit the Kindle site, click here.
My brother Tom and sister-in-law Pat make custom jewelry. One of the places that carries their work is the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC. The Center has chosen one of Tom and Pat's pieces for the cover of their brochure.
That's their work on the left!
To visit their gallery, click here. Way to go, Tom and Pat!
So where's my creative side? Ummm. Ummm. Well, currently, I'm trying to draw a sheep. I can't draw. At all. But The Crazy Sheep Lady has challenged her readers to draw a sheep (click here), and one of my blog favs, Lori from The Skoog Farm Journal (click here), is coaching us, so I'm game.
My inspiration is this fabulous photo of The Crazy Sheep Lady's Jester. Isn't he handsome?
Sadly, my sheep drawing looks like my very fat Callie cat. With horns. So I guess you could say that the creative/artistic gene missed me. That's okay - the obsessive horse gene skipped my brothers! How awful for them.
9 comments:
The obsessive horse gene is the BEST gene!
Wow what a talented lot you are ! popping over to check out the sites now-have a great weekend xxx
What a creative family you have! I can't wait to see your drawing of Jester. I promise you (100%) you can do this.
Oh the talent and artistry in your family, Terry! I'll check out all the mentioned sites.
I've been to the Folk Art Center. One can spend hours in there drooling over all kinds of beautiful handcrafts! How wonderful the tour brother and SIL are featured artists - maybe I even saw their work! And an author. I'm impressed. He must have spent a long time searching and researching!
I'm trying to draw a sheep too.... well, maybe put that in past tense!
Anyway, horses require their own sort of creativity!
Um, what about all those pretty pictures you post here? That's some kind of creativity! I sure hope we get to see your final sheep picture. (Maybe you should save your current version for the next cat portrait contest!)
Bought the book! It sounds awesome, and it's priced perfectly for an impulse buy :)
My dear your creativity lies within your soul. The animals all see it 10 fold...Creativity is not just a outward talent :O).
Congratulations! You have a creative family. I would love to see your drawing. I think that all have a creative side and you have it too!
Thanks for the links.
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