Get this from a library! Distant thunder: a photographic essay on the American Civil War. (Sam Abell; Brian C Pohanka; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)) -- Photographs of Sam Abell paired with archival photographs of soldiers, camp life and the aftermath of battle, follow the Civil War from Fort Sumter to the Appomattox Court House.
Distant Thunder: A Photographic Essay on the American Civil War by Abell, Sam. LegacyWords Publishing, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions.
Sam Abell by Christopher Michel. Sam Abell (born 1945 in Sylvania, Ohio) is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic. He first worked for National Geographic in 1967, and is one of the more overtly artistic photographers among his magazine peers.
Formerly an assistant editor and researcher for the Time-Life Books Civil War series, he is the author of Distant Thunder: A Photographic Essay on the American Civil War and Civil War: An Aerial Portrait. Pohanka is also active in Custer and Little Bighorn studies, including archaeological work on the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Some historians even argue that people know more about the American Civil War than any other war, up to World War Two because of the vast amount of photographs taken during this time. Not only did fearless photographers venture onto the war torn battlefields, but the very images that they captured were then widely displayed and sold in large amounts nationwide.