Wilmot is a little town in Ashley County, in southeast Arkansas. Its main street--U.S. Highway 165--runs north-south on the east side of a railroad track, raised on a bed several feet above the highway itself. Once a town reliant on agriculture and cotton production, the growth of mechanized farming in the 1950s and 1960s and the arrival of mass retail in the 1970s made people leave Wilmot just as in other rural areas of the U.S. Susan Paulsen based her series on Wilmot on texts written and transferred to her by her cousin ...
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Wilmot is a little town in Ashley County, in southeast Arkansas. Its main street--U.S. Highway 165--runs north-south on the east side of a railroad track, raised on a bed several feet above the highway itself. Once a town reliant on agriculture and cotton production, the growth of mechanized farming in the 1950s and 1960s and the arrival of mass retail in the 1970s made people leave Wilmot just as in other rural areas of the U.S. Susan Paulsen based her series on Wilmot on texts written and transferred to her by her cousin Mary Currie and sees it as a metaphor for the American agricultural south in general.
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VG-(Front cover is bowed slightly and has a mark near a bottom bumped corner; otherwise very nice. ) Rust-colored cloth with color illus. laid on front cover, 248 pp., many color illus. American photographer Susan Paulsen uses her creativity to profile her mother's hometown of Wilmot, Ashley County, Arkansas. With an essay by George T.M. Shackelford and comments by Marie Currie and Susan Paulsen. Much to see here.
