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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.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

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    A Paperback / softback by James Agee, Walker Evans, Blake Morrison

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 6 April 2006
      ISBN-13 9780141188492
      978-0141188492
      ISBN-10 0141188499
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      Art & Photography Photojournalism History Social and cultural history Politics, Philosophy & Society Rural communities / rural life

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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