by Mary Panzer, with an essay by Jeana K. Foley, (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997), 9 ½ x 11 ½ in.; 256 pages., hardcover, $44.95; softcover, $19.95

While Mathew Brady is best known today for his photographic documents of the Civil War, his contemporaries admired him for his portraits. Intent on creating a "national portrait gallery" of famous leaders that would connect such luminaries as Daniel Webster and Henry Clay with the Civil War leaders who succeeded them, Brady assiduously courted his subjects. This book charts the most productive years of his career, beginning with his emergence in 1844 as a daguerreotypist in New York.

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George C. Marshall
Soldier of Peace

by James G. Barber, with a biographical essay by Larry I. Bland and a personal reminiscence by Colin L. Powell (distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), softcover, 8 ½ x 11 in.; 104 pp., $9.95

Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, this catalogue includes illustrations, many in color, of the portraits and memorabilia that trace the career of America's illustrious soldier and statesman through both world wars.

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Edith Wharton's World
Portraits of People and Places

by Eleanor Dwight and Viola Hopkins Winner (National Portrait Gallery, 1997), softcover, 8 x 11 in.; 20 pp., $3.50

During her long career, Edith Wharton portrayed the fashionable New York and Newport society that she knew so well in her writings. This brief overview of her life and career includes color illustrations of the author and her circle, along with a checklist of the exhibition.

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Red, Hot & Blue
A Smithsonian Salute to the American Musical

by Amy Henderson and Dwight Blocker Bowers (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996), hardcover, 9 x 12 in.; 288 pp., $45.00

Lavishly illustrated, Red, Hot & Blue showcases the Hollywood and Broadway musical from its immigrant roots in nineteenth-century vaudeville, through its heyday on both the "Great White Way" and the silver screen, to its retrospective role today in such revivals as Showboat. Chronicling the "fine romance" between the audience and its musical icons, the authors portray the personalities who pushed boundaries of style and content to create an increasingly sophisticated mélange of story, song, and dance.

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Rebels
Painters and Poets of the 1950s

by Carolyn Kinder Carr and Steven Watson (National Portrait Gallery, 1996), softcover, 8 x 11 in.; 12 pp., $1.25

This booklet examines the revolutions in painting and poetry that took place following World War II. The "Painters" section presents Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko. The "Poets" section examines poets from the Beat Generation, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Black Mountain Poets, and the New York School. A checklist of the exhibition is included.

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