THE REVOLUTION'S LAST MEN

摘要

Wrinkles on their faces run like ancient rivers across rugged terrain. Eyes of aged men born in the eighteenth century glare at you from 1864 daguerreotype photographs, conveying a seriousness about their past, present, and future. The Revolution's Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs, by Don Hagist, impels the reader to look at the pictures before reading the biographies of these centenarians who were alive during the American Civil War. After soaking in the historic photographs, the reader must understand that this is a book about a book. Specifically, Hagist's book is a genealogical investigation of the facts, or lack thereof, of the Rev. Elias Brewster Hillards original work, LaslMen of the Revolution.