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A new edition of the classic Depression-era photojournal of life as a southern sharecropper follows three Alabama families as they scrape a living from the land. Reissue.
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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.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000
ISBN 10: 0395957710
ISBN 13: 9780395957714
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Seller: Lake Country Books and More, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Moisture rippling to fore edge side of first pages; no stuck-together pages or staining. Balance of the text is unaffected and this copy with otherwise be rated as Very Good. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover corners are square; slight warp to front cover. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is glossy with mild surface and edge wear; small creased tear to back bottom corner. Sold AS-IS. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally. Seller Inventory # CD32601210010
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. 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. Seller Inventory # 00110273147
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0395957710G
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LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN; THREE TENANT FAMILIES.
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Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988., 2000
ISBN 10: 0395957710
ISBN 13: 9780395957714
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
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Reprint. [1-64], i-xvi, 1-416 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 19.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; front flap is not price-clipped. Black cloth with vibrant silver stamping to spine and front board. Slight soiling and a few small stains to top and bottom text block edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Classic book first published in 1941 in which Agee and Evans document white sharecropper families in rural late 1930s Alabama. The book's sixty-four page introductory section features b/w photographs by Walker Evans. In a brilliantly innovative blend of literature and journalism, Harvard-educated James Agee records and comments on the plight of Great Depression-era sharecropper families in the American South (specifically in Hale and Tuscaloosa counties of west central Alabama). Although receiving minimal praise upon its 1941 publication, LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN is now lauded as a classic text in American literature and photojournalism. Approximate shipping weight = 3 pounds. ISBN 0395957710. Seller Inventory # CMS-00135
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0395957710
ISBN 13: 9780395957714
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Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. First printing of this reissued/reprinted edition, hardcover, has a minor lean to the binding, light bowing to the covers, slight bumps to the spine end and cover corners, a hint of smudging to the edges of the text block, and very faint sunning to the spine and head. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good copy in an unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, mild sunning to the spine and hinges, and a tiny hint of shelfwear to the edges. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 106245
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Hardcover)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. James Agee & Walker Evans. [1988] first printing of updated edition; Houghton Mifflin; very good jacketed hardcover. Illustrated. With photos reproduced from archival negatives. Black (maybe very deep blue) cloth quarto hardcover with crisp silver text on spine and front board; mild rubbing and a touch of external handling wear; generally very tidy; unmarked internally with a touch of handling wear. Jacket shows very light handling wear; very good. Seller Inventory # 27314
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000
ISBN 10: 0395957710
ISBN 13: 9780395957714
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Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 73P84_30_0395957710
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: 3 Tenant Families
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 528 pages. 9.50x7.75x1.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0395957710
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000
ISBN 10: 0395957710
ISBN 13: 9780395957714
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