Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cotton tenants

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

813931047

Responsibility statement

James Agee ; [photographs by] Walker Evans ; edited by John Summers ; preface by Adam Haslett

Sub title

three families

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 photographs) is an unsparing record of three families at a desperate time

Table Of Contents

Business -- Shelter -- Food -- Clothing -- Work -- Picking season -- Education -- Leisure -- Health -- Appendix 1. On Negroes -- Appendix 2. Landowners

Contributor

Creator