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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, Michael Williamson ; foreword by Carl Mydans.

Title
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, Michael Williamson ; foreword by Carl Mydans.
Author
Maharidge, Dale
Publication
New York : Seven Stories Press, 2004, c1989.

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Additional Authors
Williamson, Michael, 1957-
Description
v, 262 p., [79] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Examines the lives, fifty years later, of the Alabama families profiled in Agee and Walker's book about tenant farmers in the Depression, describing the impact of the loss of cotton as a livelihood on later generations.
Subject
  • Agee, James, 1909-1955
  • Agee, James, 1909-1955 > Travel > Alabama
  • Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
  • Cotton farmers > Alabama > History > 20th century
  • Farm tenancy > Alabama > History > 20th century
  • Alabama > Description and travel
  • Alabama > Rural conditions
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1989.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Pt. 1 1936-1940 Gudger -- Ricketts -- Woods -- Bridges -- Gaines.
  • Pt. 2 1940-1960. Gudger -- Ricketts -- Woods -- Bridges -- Gaines.
  • Pt. 3 1960-1986. Gudger -- Ricketts -- Woods -- Bridges -- Gaines.
ISBN
1583226575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004022848^^
OCLC
  • 56799474
  • SCSB-12105190
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library