Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION: “WE CAN READ THE PICTURES” 1
4. 1. “REALLY A KIND OF PARADISE” 11
5. 2. “A MORE PERFECT FAC-SIMILE OF THINGS” 41
6. 3. “ILLUSTRATIONS OF A CHEAP CHARACTER” 91
7. 4. “A PERFECT TERRA INCOGNITA” 133
8. 5. “PRETTY PICTURES . . . ‘CANDY’ FOR THE IMMIGRANTS” 187
9. 6. “THE DARK CORNER OF THE CONFEDERACY” 245
10. 7. “THE ENTERPRISE WAS NOT PROPERLY APPRECIATED” 263
11. 8. “THE ‘IMAGE BREAKERS’” 337
12. 9. “THE TRUTH IS TEXAS IS WHAT HER RAILROADS HAVE MADE HER” 385
13. EPILOGUE: “MISTAKEN . . . FOR LITHOGRAPH WORK” 459
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 463
15. NOTES 467
16. INDEX 507