The Mississippi River flows through American history and culture as a mythic waterway brimming with tragedy and hope, and awash in passionate ambitions and harsh realities. In 1953, a young Charles Dee Sharp traveled twice down the Mississippi (first by towboat and then by car along the renowned river road Highway 61) to make a documentary film of it, taking black-and-white photographs of the river, its communities, and its people. While Sharp's documentary never came to fruition, the striking images he captured survived ...
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The Mississippi River flows through American history and culture as a mythic waterway brimming with tragedy and hope, and awash in passionate ambitions and harsh realities. In 1953, a young Charles Dee Sharp traveled twice down the Mississippi (first by towboat and then by car along the renowned river road Highway 61) to make a documentary film of it, taking black-and-white photographs of the river, its communities, and its people. While Sharp's documentary never came to fruition, the striking images he captured survived as moving and evocative historical testaments to a lost era, now collected in his new book The Mississippi in 1953 . These images create a vivid portrait of America's heartland a half century ago, and they are enriched with excerpts from Sharp's original trip journal, intriguing anecdotes from the people he encountered along his journey, and an engaging environmental history of the river by historian John O. Anfinson. The Mississippi in 1953 offers an original and poignant look at the living artery of the American landscape and how it molded the United States into the nation it is today.
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1930066279. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no spine creasing, owner name or other markings. The author traveled the length of the Mississip River from Minnesota to Louisiana, documenting his travels with photographs along the way. A fascinating look at the river, its places and people in the mid-1900's.; B&W & Color Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 222 pages.
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Fine. A heavy item: non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire. Not ex-lib. Softcover in illustrated grey wraps, French flaps, 4to. 222pp. B/W and color photos throughout with locator map and notes on photos in rear. Endnotes with author's coda. Fine. Very mild streess wave to volume with no associated effects. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked.
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Used-Very Good. The Mississippi River flows through American history and culture as a mythic waterway brimming with tragedy and hope, and awash in passionate ambitions and harsh realities. In 1953, a young Charles Dee Sharp traveled twice down the Mississippi (first by towboat and then by car along the renowned river road Highway 61) to make a documentary film of it, taking black-and-white photographs of the river, its communities, and its people. While Sharp's documentary never came to fruition, the striking images he captured survived as moving and evocative historical testaments to a lost era, now collected in his new book 'The Mississippi in 1953. ' These images create a vivid portrait of America's heartland a half century ago, and they are enriched with excerpts from Sharp's original trip journal, intriguing anecdotes from the people he encountered along his journey, and an engaging environmental history of the river by historian John O. Anfinson. 'The Mississippi in 1953' offers an original and poignant look at the living artery of the American landscape and how it molded the United States into the nation it is today. Very slight crease at top of spine.
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Fine in fine jacket. Essays by John O. Anfinson. Many color and b/w photo Illus. by Charles Sharp. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Santa Fe: Center for American Places, (2005). Fine.
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