The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost
Chronicles the nineteenth-century phenomenon of spirit photography and the photographer who claimed to have captured Abraham Lincoln's ghost.
About This Book
The Apparitionists explores the rise of spirit photography in nineteenth-century America.
It examines the intersection of emerging photographic technology and popular beliefs about the supernatural.
The narrative centers on the career of William Mumler, who produced images purporting to show spirits of the dead.
The book situates these events within the broader social and technological context of the era.
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