Let Us Now Praise Famous Men James Agee

Name: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men By James Agee
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Summary

In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Summary

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee

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.

About James Agee

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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Sku

GOR008663641

ISBN 13

9780141188492

ISBN 10

0141188499

Title

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee

Author

James Agee

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Condition

Used - Well Read

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

2006-04-06

Number of pages

512

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N/A

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