SHOOTING LINCOLN Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century

Narrator Joe Knezevich's resonant baritone is a nice match for Pistor's text in this production. The title is a play on words--while the audiobook recounts the story of the conspiracy that ultimately resulted in the assassination of Lincoln, it also goes into detail about Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner and how the photographs they shot of Lincoln and of Civil War scenes influenced the new business and science of photography, as well as the media we see today. Knezevich makes this fascinating history an enjoyable way to spend one's time. He is suitably expressive in his delivery and moves at a pace that is easy for the listener to follow. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2018]