Moody believes Isabelle is sending him a message, and he begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to her once he left for the war. Isabelle's image also has great significance to the Garretts as well as to Joseph Winter, a veteran of the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry who is now Moody's assistant. James Garrett and wife sit for a portrait in hopes of seeing their son, the image of an escaped slave whom Moody loved, Isabelle, actually does appear on the negative. In this book, Boston con man and entrepreneur Edward Moody has created a thriving business as a "spirit photographer." In the post-Civil War years, grieving wives and parents sit for him in hopes an image of their loved one will appear in their portrait - reuniting them with their deceased soldier.īut to Moody's surprise, when abolitionist Sen. "The Spirit Photographer" by Jon Michael Varese
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