Robert J. Seidman

From Lynn Sherr, former ABC Correspondent:
Sept. 12 2012. “Loved it. A really, really terrific read. Congratulations! No kidding -- the characters are wonderful (albeit not very lovable) and I hung on every turn of the tale. That you have set it in my very favorite period of American history is something else again -- loved all the America-on-the-move references; adored learning more about the terrible Mr. Stanford; and was fascinated by the intricacies of the photo biz. And of course, how very nice that it winds up in Philly -- fyi, I think that a photograph I have of me at about 2 with my father and sister was taken at Horticultural Hall. The Centennial was a very cool thing.

“It's really good, Bob -- and you've done a spectacular job of making me care about Edward M. And, as noted, wanting to hiss every time Gov Stanford came on stage. Wow.”

Bob's Blog

Reflections

Muybridge's Innovations

June 15, 2014

Tags: Please see "Silent London" for a startling list of Eadweard Muybridge's "Firsts."

http://silentlondon.co.uk/2014/06/14/ten-firsts-by-eadweard-muybridge/

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Bob's Blog

October 1, 2012

Tags: Moments Captured., Why I Wrote my New Novel

This Blog will offer 10 of the reasons why I wrote my new novel, Moments Captured. Bob’s Blog #1, the week of 1 October.

1 I was deeply intrigued by the difficulty of capturing motion, an issue that preoccupied many gifted late 19th century photographers and painters, Read More

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Selected Works

Fiction

"The All American Game," a new novel by Robert J. Seidman. 30 July 2014

A review of Seidman's "Moments Captured" that appeared in "Curled Up with a Good Book" in early December 2012

"Moments Captured"

There are indelible characters, both historical and fictional: the tireless experimenter Muybridge; the impassioned feminist Holly Hughes, a gifted dancer and strong-minded feminist; Denise Faveraux, Holly’s friend and sometime companion, a prostitute with a fast ironic mind and the hard-won knowledge of how to protect herself from the profession’s worst nightmare, disease; Leland Stanford, the master builder California ex-Governor whose transcontinental ambitions conflict with Holly’s commitment to female equality; Jacques Fauconier, the flamboyant self-assured French sometime lover of Holly; Samuel Montague, the ingenious chief engineer of the Central Pacific who provides Muybridge with the decisive element in his quest to capture the trotting horse; Collis Ward, Stanford’s sneaky snaky assistant; Thomas Alva Edison, the brilliant inventor/promoter who cleverly cashes in on Muybridge’s motion picture project. There are cameo appearances by historical/fictional individuals, including the photographer Matthew Brady, the painter Jean-Leon Gerome and Walt Whitman. A teeming, multitudinous canvas, as crammed with life and conflict as the Gilded Age itself.

One Smart Indian

"One Smart Indian is an astonishing act of empathy."

–John Leonard, New York Times

Bucks County Idyll

Positive reviews extolled the novel's ability to combine compelling mystery with a fascinating story about a young couple's relationship and class in America.

Nonfiction

Ulysses Annotated: An Annotation of James Joyce's Ulysses

A timeless annotation of the greatest novel of the 20th century, James Joyce's Ulysses. Why read Joyce's great novel without this indispensable guide?

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