{"product_id":"book-8857","title":"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark work of American photojournalism \"renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for \u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when \u003cem\u003eLet Us Now Praise Famous Men\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1941.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and the rhythm of their lives is intensely moving and unrelentingly honest. Recognized today by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, it stands as a poetic tract of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a bonus PDF of Walker Evans's classic images, reproduced exactly as they are in the print edition, this book offers a window into a remarkable slice of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300379271472,"sku":"BD8857","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300379304240,"sku":"ZE8857","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49300379337008,"sku":"ZM8857","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/8857-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775729323","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-8857","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}