02768cam a2200349 4500 522378947 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781501966736 1501966731 b761c3ac-ef2b-4917-b729-25e2ae7af726 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5035185 5035185 3784094 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Manseau, Peter. The Apparitionists [Libby] : A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost. Recorded Books, Inc., 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 262MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 262MB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>A story of faith and fraud in post-Civil War America, told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead 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. Peter Manseau brilliantly captures a nation wracked with grief and hungry for proof of the existence of ghosts and for contact with their dead husbands and sons. It took a circus-like trial of Mumler on fraud charges, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then, the judge sided with the defense-nobody ever solved the mystery of his spirit photography. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history, a nation in thrall to new technology while clinging desperately to belief</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Mays, Jefferson. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/3784094-TheApparitionists.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b761c3ac-ef2b-4917-b729-25e2ae7af726&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/3784094-TheApparitionists.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b761c3ac-ef2b-4917-b729-25e2ae7af726&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)