Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families - Softcover

Agee, James; Walker, Evans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395488974 ISBN 13: 9780395488973

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1989

Synopsis

The clasic that became the prototype of the modern nonfiction novel. A watershed literary event at its first publication in 1941, LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN is an "unsparing record of the harsh existence of three Alabama families, and a poetic meditation on the terrible beauty of their lives," recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the century.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES AGEE (1909-1955), a poet, screenwriter, and journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family. His other books include a volume of poems, Permit me Voyage, the novel The Morning Watch, and several collections of correspondence, reviews and film scripts.
WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) is best known for his striking Depression-era photographs. He served as an editor for both Fortune and Time and was a professor of graphic arts at Yale.

Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1950.His non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), As If (1997), Too True (1998), Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002). His first novel, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg was published in 2000. Blake Morrison lives in London.

Synopsis:

An illustrated portrayal of three Alabama sharecropper families in 1936, examining their everyday existence in poverty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0395488974
• ISBN 13: 9780395488973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 61