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Author:

Swensen, James R., author.

Title:

Picturing migrants : The grapes of wrath and New Deal documentary photography / James R. Swensen.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968.--Grapes of wrath.
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Sources.
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Influence.
Literature and photography--United States--History--20th century.
Documentary photography--United States--History--20th century.
Migrant agricultural laborers--United States--History.
Depressions--1929--United States.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States.--Farm Security Administration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Gathering migrants : Dorothea Lange and Paul S. Taylor -- Researching migrants : John Steinbeck -- Working for life : John Steinbeck and Horace Bristol -- Shooting script : Russell Lee -- Finding real Joads : Russell Lee and Elmer Thomas -- Hope and despair along the migrant trail : Russell Lee -- Displaying grapes and wrath : the FSA exhibitions -- A straight picture : Darryl Zanuck and Arthur Rothstein -- Icons of the Great Depression : looking back on history.

Series:

The Charles M. Russell Center series on art and photography of the American West ; volume 18

ISBN:

0806148276
9780806148274

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908374918

LCCN:

2015002780

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)