Jack L Kunkel

Gettysburg Photos Colorized: 90 Battlefield Photographs Transformed Into Color (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

You've probably seen some of the old photographs of the Civil War, including some taken after the battle of Gettysburg. Of course they're all in black & white, making the subjects look rather dull - ancient, long ago and far away. But in this book we've converted those photos to color, and for the first time you'll see what the subjects really looked liked - the battlefield, the town, and the people.

Colorizing these photos gives them a much more contemporary look, making you realize that the Civil War wasn't all that long ago, and color brings out the small details usually that often go unnoticed in older black & white photos. The intent of the colorizing process was not to make the photos look "pretty," but to make them look realistic - how the scene actually looked at the time in full color.

Although no photos were taken during the actual battle, many were taken within two or three days of the event, and the best of them are included in this book, along with many additional photos previously only seen in black & white, and the book includes excellent commentary explaining the circumstances surrounding each photo.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jack L Kunkel
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201864262
• Artikelnr.: 62140135

Autorenporträt

I'm the author of five books on the Civil War battles, three of them on the battle of Gettysburg, one on Shiloh and one on Antietam. I try not to simply write "history books;" rather I tell stories - true ones - that are hopefully entertaining as well as informing, while sticking absolutely true to the facts to the best of my knowledge.

Although I love military history, I consider myself more of a presenter than a historian, meaning that, rather than unearthing new facts, I concentrate more on presenting the facts, while taking full advantage of modern technology when possible. For example, in studying battles, it's always frustrated me to encounter thick books loaded with text, but which contain only a few obscure maps. In contrast, most of my books are loaded with photos, maps, and illustrations, often with links to on-line Google maps and/or YouTube battlefield videos.

Although Americans were once justifiably proud of the fact that the nation was able to knit itself back together after such a terrible civil war, today we once again live in divisive times unseen since that war, and writers and teachers are expected to choose sides and deliver politically-correct homilies, depending on which way the political winds are blowing at the moment. I don't do that. My only agenda is the truth. As far as I'm concerned, the Civil War participants on both sides were Americans, products of their time and environment, and quite prepared to die for what they believed in. And I honor all of them equally.

And so, as an author, I just tell what happened and let readers sort out the heroes and villains to suit themselves.

As always, I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I did writing them!

Jack Kunkel