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Author:

Agee, James, 1909-1955.

Title:

Cotton tenants : three families / James Agee ; [photographs by] Walker Evans ; edited by John Summers ; preface by Adam Haslett.

Publisher:

Melville House,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

224 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Agee, James,--1909-1955--Travel--Alabama.
Evans, Walker,--1903-1975--Travel--Alabama.
Cotton farmers--Alabama--History--20th century.
Farm tenancy--Alabama--History--20th century.
Cotton farmers--Alabama--Social conditions.
Alabama--Rural conditions.

Other Authors:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.

Summary:

On assignment for "Fortune" magazine in 1936, Agee and Evans set out to explore the plight of sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Published for the first time, Agee's original dispatch (accompanied by 25 of Evans' historic photos) is an unsparing record of three families at a desperate time.

ISBN:

9781612192123
1612192122

Locations:

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

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

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KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

8USX522 -- Lone Tree Community School (Lone Tree)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)