Roy Meredith
author
Roy Meredith was an American writer and television producer specializing in the pictorial history of the American Civil War. He is best known for his extensive documentation and contextualization of Mathew B. Brady's pioneering photography from the era. His work often combined historical narrative with visual analysis to bring the human element of the conflict to a wider audience. In addition to his books, Meredith produced television programs such as 'The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady' in 1959.[3,4]
Themes
- American Civil War
- Mathew B. Brady photography
- Pictorial history
Books
Works by Roy Meredith
- Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady 1974 · Dover Publications · book · English ISBN 048623021x Republication of the work originally published in 1946 by Scribner.
- The American Civil War: A Pictorial History Through the Photographs of Mathew B. Brady 1959 · television film series
- The world of Mathew Brady: Portraits of the Civil War period 1976 · book
- Mathew Brady's Portrait of an Era 1982 · book

