Presents a collection of more than 100 of Keith Rocco's paintings and sketches from twenty-plus years as one of the leading artistic chroniclers of the American Civil War. Rocco's oils of soldier studies and dramatic battle scenes are reproduced in an oversize book on acid-free, heavy art paper. Included are Rocco's murals for The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, the National Park Service, and other sites.
Keith Rocco's murals cover more than 4,000 square feet at The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Historical Park near Petersburg, Virginia. His work is also featured at more than a dozen National Park Service sites as well as the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, the U.S. House of Representatives, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Atlanta Historical Society, and the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Keith lives in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
Robert I. Girardi earned his M.A. in Public History from Loyola University of Chicago. He is a past president of the Chicago Civil War Round Table, and is the author of nine published books, numerous essays and book reviews, and is a popular speaker on all aspects of the Civil War, to audiences of all ages and levels of interest. He is on the board of directors of the Illinois State Historical Society and the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation. He was the 2010 winner of the Chicago CWRT Nevins-Freeman Award for scholarship and service.