Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

by JamesAgee (Author), EvansWalker (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.35

  The clasic that became the prototype of the modern nonfiction novel. A watershed literary event at its first publication in 1941, LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN is an unsparing record of the harsh existence of three Alabama families, and a poetic meditation on the terrible beauty of their lives, recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the century.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $16.01

  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.