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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, Dale Maharidge and Michael S. Williamson

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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, Dale Maharidge and Michael S. Williamson

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

And their children after them

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dale Maharidge and Michael S. Williamson

Sub title

the legacy of Let us now praise famous men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the rise and fall of cotton in the South

Summary

In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael 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

Target audience

adult

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Legacy of Let us now praise famous men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the rise and fall of cotton in the South

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