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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

by James Agee and Walker Evans

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Publisher Comments:

A landmark work of American photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)

 

In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when, in 1941, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was first published to enormous critical acclaim. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land and the rhythm of their lives, is intensely moving and unrelentingly honest, and today—recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century—it stands as a poetic tract of its time. With an elegant new design as well as a sixty-four-page photographic prologue featuring archival reproductions of Evans's classic images, this historic edition offers readers a window into a remarkable slice of American history.

Synopsis:

Agee's colleague at Time in the 1940s, John Hersey, writes a major evaluation of Agee's work and the Agee legend in a new introduction to this literary classic. 64 pages of photos.
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About the Author

'James Agee (1909-1955) was a poet, screenwriter, and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.Walker Evans (1903-1976) is best known for his striking Depression-era photographs. Born in St. Louis, he began his photographic career at twenty-five. He served as an editor for both Fortune and Time and was a professor of graphic arts at Yale. His other books include American Photographs and Message from the Interior.'
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780618127498
Foreword:
Evans, Walker
Author:
Hersey, John
Foreword by:
Evans, Walker
Foreword:
Evans, Walker
Author:
Evans, Walker
Author:
Agee, James
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
Social history
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Alabama
Subject:
Farm tenancy
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Agee, James - Journeys - Alabama
Subject:
Farm tenancy -- Alabama -- History.
Subject:
US History - 20th Century
Copyright:
2001
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
FPL-0122
Publication Date:
August 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
9.04x6.36x1.26 in. 1.60 lbs.
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