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.
| ISBN: | 9780141188492 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2006 |
| Author: | James Agee, Walker Evans |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Rural communities Photojournalism and documentary photography |