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<p>"A stunning sequel to the James Agee—Walker Evans' classic, <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>. It is at times astonishing, at all times deeply moving."-Studs Terkel</p> <p>"A book that reaches into this country's heart of darkness. . . . A tragically human story more telling than a thousand polls. The photographs by Mr. Williamson are eloquent."-Herbert Mitgang, <i>New York Times</i></p> <p>"Mr. Williamson's photos are spellbinding and should become instant classics."-John Elvin, <i>Washington Times</i></p> <p>In this paperback reissue, an author/photographer team returns to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans's inimitable masterwork <i>Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</i>, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. In 1936, during a brief window of national attention to the topic, <i>Fortune</i> magazine commissioned from Agee and Evans a story on poverty among tenant farmers in Alabama. Agee was famously ambivalent in his role, calling himself a spy and ultimately delivering a book-length manuscript unpublishable in magazine form. With this continuation of Agee and Evans's work, Maharidge and Williamson not

Author

Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson

Publisher

New York: Pantheon Books

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679728788

Subjects

History, Travel, Humanities

Rating

4.03 / 5 (156 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14