And Their Children After Them: The Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South Contributor(s): Maharidge, Dale (Author), Williamson, Michael (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 1609809815 ISBN-13: 9781609809812 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 20th Century - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
Dewey: 976.106 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
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Publisher Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 1990 In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael S. Williamson return to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans's inimitable Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. With this continuation of Agee and Evans's project, Maharidge and Williamson not only uncover some surprising historical secrets relating to the families and to Agee himself, but also effectively lay to rest Agee's fear that his work, from lack of reverence or resilience, would be but another offense to the humanity of its subjects. Williamson's ninety-part photo essay includes updates alongside Evans's classic originals. Maharidge and Williamson's work in And Their Children After Them was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction when it was first published in 1990. |