Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Published
Sep 1973
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
471

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee photographed by Walker Evans. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1973. This portrait of poverty-stricken Southern tenant farmers during the Great Depression has become one of the most influential books of the past century. In 1936, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans, on assignment for Fortune magazine explore the daily lives of white sharecroppers in the south. Black cloth binding, shelf wear, wear to dust jacket.

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Mar 1978 Ballantine ISBN 0345276965
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First Edition Sep 1973 Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395073308
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Aug 2001 Mariner Books ISBN B00DKNDFXI
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Dec 2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. ISBN B0195BK4WS
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