This past spring I mentioned our visit to the Merchant’s House Museum on the Lower East Side to see the Dr. R.B. Bonetcou photographs of Civil War wounded. I mentioned in that post that a book was in the works. The exhibit ended yesterday but as writer and blogger Jim Schmidt explains at Civil War Medicine (and Writing), the book has been released.
Update: The exhibit has been extended through August 29, 2011. If you have not yet seen the collection I suggest you do so by the end of the month.
The Strawfoot 
Keith – First: what an AWESOE name for the blog! Second: Thanks so much for the kind mention above; Third: I’m honored you have me on the blog roll; and finally: I’m adding you, in 3, 2, 1…
Have had great fun looking through some of your older posts!
Jim
Jim, thanks for the kind words. Thank you, too, for adding me to your blog roll. The blog name was my wife’s idea. I’ve learned along the way not to question her judgement. She’s also The Strawfoot in-house photographer. The Bonetcou exhibit was quite moving. I’m glad they extended the exhibit to give more people a chance to see it.
I was very excited to see it will be in Houston, so I look forward to seeing it myself next year…got a review copy of the book this week and the photos are remarkable.
I’m glad the exhibit is going on the road. The photographs are quite moving and deserve as wide an audience as possible.
I actually lived in Houston in the 1990s. I lived in Montrose, went to UH, and worked at the Alabama Theater Bookstop. Alas, it closed its doors a few years ago.