{"product_id":"beyond-the-lines-9780520248144","title":"Beyond the Lines","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn this wonderfully illustrated book, Joshua Brown shows that the wood engravings in the illustrated newspapers of Gilded Age America were more than a quaint predecessor to our own sophisticated media. As he tells the history and traces the influence of \u003ci\u003eFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, \u003c\/i\u003ewith relevant asides to \u003ci\u003eHarper's Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily Graphic, \u003c\/i\u003eand others, Brown recaptures the complexity and richness of pictorial reporting. He finds these images to be significant barometers for gauging how the general public perceived pivotal events and crises—the Civil War, Reconstruction, important labor battles, and more. This book is the best available source on the pictorial riches of Frank Leslie's newspaper and the only study to situate these images fully within the social context of Gilded Age America. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Lines \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the role of illustration in nineteenth-century America and gives us a new look at how the social milieu shaped the practice of illustrated journalism and was in turn shaped by it.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Joshua Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48275205226747,"sku":"9780520248144","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c8c0c496-c814-40fd-9da5-a3f6f1b37cde.jpg?v=1771087751","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/beyond-the-lines-9780520248144","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}