T Nelson Taylor: 2 books

William “Bill” Brume didn’t have much of a plan when he and his high school buddies fled their farms in rural Virginia. In fact, he had no direction at all even after joining the Air Force. When he entered Tampa’s Police Department, however, he knew exactly what he wanted to do and exactly how he wanted to do it. Some had other plans.

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...