Searching for Black Confederates

[cash]

Will be shipped in late August.

 

[jgoodguy]

about time.

Dust jacket design

 

[cash]

about time.

Dust jacket design

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That is not the dust jacket design. I posted the dust jacket design.

 

[jgoodguy]

OK

 

[Bee]

I guess the Silas Chandler photo is the go-to book cover for this topic (no matter the stance)

 

[19thGeorgia]

Why was the title changed? It was "Searching for Black Confederate Soldiers."
http://cwmemory.com/searching-for-black-confederate-soldiers-the-civil-wars-most-persistent-myth/

 

[Bee]

Why was the title changed? It was "Searching for Black Confederate Soldiers."
http://cwmemory.com/searching-for-black-confederate-soldiers-the-civil-wars-most-persistent-myth/

The publisher probably did this because there are chapter(s) in the book discussing modern folks who advocate in varying degrees the existence of black confederates/soldiers (Virginia flaggers, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, HK Edgerton were all mentioned as subjects at one time or another)

 

[wbull1]

Congratulations. I guess the same photo cover for the two books proves that you can't tell a book by its cover.

 

[cash]

I guess the Silas Chandler photo is the go-to book cover for this topic (no matter the stance)

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Notice how the photo on Kevin's book highlights Silas and keeps his owner in the background.

 

[19thGeorgia]

I guess the Silas Chandler photo is the go-to book cover for this topic (no matter the stance)

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Here's another one-

 

[19thGeorgia]

Notice how the photo on Kevin's book highlights Silas...

Yes, in Gray.

 

[19thGeorgia]

Someone described the cover as "eyecatching." Yeah, like a train wreck.

I guess students (@minimum wage) are in charge of cover design at UNC.

 

[Jimklag]

Yes, in Gray.

The whole photo is gray.

 

[LostGettysburgAddress]

I like the fact that UNC decided to use the same image for the cover as had neo-Confederates trying to sell this tired, unsupported myth. It is the most powerful image Levin's opponents in this debate have, as they certainly have scant historical evidence, so why not confront it up front and then use the sizable primary source research to debunk the myth.

By the way, the cover photo also sells books.

 

[19thGeorgia]

Example of a well-designed book cover...

 

[AshleyMel]

Just a personal opinion here. I won't comment on the subject matter, just the art work. I love that Silas is featured prominently in the design However, the color choice... as someone who is sensitive to colors... that brick red or burnt umber back ground is not appealing to me. It is an angry color. Was that maybe the intent? I don't know.

 

[cash]

Someone described the cover as "eyecatching." Yeah, like a train wreck.

I guess students (@minimum wage) are in charge of cover design at UNC.

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It's an excellent cover. It highlights Silas, making him the focus and relegates Andrew to the background where he's virtually ignored. Silas is the important person in that photo, not Andrew, with this cover.

 

[cash]

Just a personal opinion here. I won't comment on the subject matter, just the art work. I love that Silas is featured prominently in the design However, the color choice... as someone who is sensitive to colors... that brick red or burnt umber back ground is not appealing to me. It is an angry color. Was that maybe the intent? I don't know.

As I see it, the intent was to highlight Silas at the expense of Andrew.

 

[cash]

It is an angry color. Was that maybe the intent?

It looks like it's angered some folks [not you].

 

[19thGeorgia]

It's an excellent cover...

Of course...