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Picturing a nation : the Great Depression's finest photographers introduce America to itself / Martin W. Sandler.
Van Pelt Library TR820.5 .S36155 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandler, Martin W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Farm Security Administration--History--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- Documentary photography--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Documentary photography.
- Depressions--1929--United States--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature.
- Depressions.
- Photographers--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Photographers.
- Depressions--1929--Pictorial works.
- United States. Farm Security Administration.
- United States--History--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Documentary photography--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Young adult literature.
- photobooks.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Photobooks.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 165 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book features photographs taken for the Farm Security Administration by ten renowned photographers, featuring scenes from regions throughout the United States.
- Publisher Annotation: A National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show?and tell?the story of the Great Depression. 176pp.
- Contents:
- An extraordinary time
- A regional approach
- The South
- The Midwest
- The West
- The Northeast
- An extraordinary achievement
- Profiles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781536215250
- 1536215252
- OCLC:
- 1232149082
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