Let Us Now Praise Famous Men cover

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee, Walker Evans (Photographer)

In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignement 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 enourmous critical acclaim. This unspairing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.

Pages 416 Pages
Published April 6, 2006
Publisher Penguin Books
Language English
ISBN 9780141188492
ASIN 0141188499
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