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The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer
The Strange Case of William Mumler Spirit Photographer
Author: Louis Kaplan
In the 1860s, William Mumler photographed ghosts?or so he claimed. Faint images of the dearly departed lurked in the background with the living, like his well-known photo of the recently assassinated Abraham Lincoln comforting Mary Todd. The practice came to be known as spirit photography, and some believed Mumler was channeling the dead. Skepti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780816651566
ISBN-10: 0816651566
Publication Date: 10/17/2008
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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