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 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was first published in 1941. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and the rhythm of their ...
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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 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was first published in 1941. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and the rhythm of their lives is intensely moving and unrelentingly honest. Recognized today 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 a bonus PDF of Walker Evans's classic images, reproduced exactly as they are in the print edition, this book offers a window into a remarkable slice of American history.
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Add this copy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Flips Fine Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Greensboro, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Ballantine Books.
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Near fine copy: some creases & minor glue spotting to spine, which has flaked some lettering, but book still square & tight; very attractive. Rack-size pbk, (U8001, $1.25); 428 pgs w/ 62 pgs of photos by Evans, on heavy stock paper, at front; the 1st pocket size pbk ed after scarce 1960 trade pbk.
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8vo, pp. xxii, 471. Illustrated with photographs by Walker Evans, including about 30 not in the original edition. Clipping with Agee's portrait, and two small sheets of notes laid in. Edges soiled, but a VG copy in worn dj.
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1960, Houghton, Mifflin
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Houghton, Mifflin
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1960
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English
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Walker Evans. 8vo, Pp. 471. With original photographs by Walker Evans. Cover slightly spotted, and scuffed at ends of spine, o/w a nice copy. No dj.
Timeless, thought provoking, riveting treasure-trove of gripping images for the ages.
Sonny
Aug 10, 2007
Could anyone write better?
I was stunned by the beauty of the language used by John Hersey's introduction but then dumbfounded by the even more beautiful language of Agee. Compassion seeps through this masterpiece. Perhaps as I grew up in Southeast Texas I attened school with people so eloquently described in this book and so powerfully photographed. How did they have hope for their future and for their children? I understand America so much better now than I did before breathing in this book. Students who have no interest in school should be encouraged to read this book so thery can see the results of their educational failure if thier education is not taken more seriously.
