
The apparitionists: a tale of phantoms, fraud, photography, and the man who captured Lincoln's ghost
Biographies, Histoire (biographies)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
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 a lost loved one alongside the living… subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of seances in the White House. 2017.