This volume contains 18 essays on writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans' chronicle of the daily lives and poverty of Alabama sharecroppers during the 1930s, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,
Drawn mainly from the centennial anniversary symposium on James Agee held at the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2009, the essays of Agee at 100 are as diverse in topic and purpose as is Agee
The embodiment of the American hero, the man of action, the pathfinder, Daniel Boone represents the great adventure of his age -- the westward movement of the American people. Daniel Boone: An America
The name Daniel Boone evokes an image of the quintessential American hero: a man of action, a pathfinder, an emblem of the great adventure of his age - the westward movement of the American people.Ea
The legendary feats of Davy Crockett, who could tree a ghost, ride his thirty-seven-foot-long alligator up Niagara Falls, and drink up the Mississippi River, are common knowledge to devotees of this n
Agee's obsession with the dangers of nuclear weapons inspired him in part to venture into film writing. His choice of collaborators was first Charles Chaplin, then John Huston, but his efforts led to
Published in 1957 to wide acclaim, James Agee's A Death in the Family was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature. However, the novel had been so heavily edited by publisher and editor
Novelist, journalist, film critic, poet, and activist James Agee (1909?1955) produced an impressive array of literary works spanning three decades. His poems, novels, essays, works of criticism, and s
Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800 is the first guide to the study of the manuscript sermon literature of the Southern colonies/states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and G
