{"product_id":"picturing-a-nation-the-great-depressions-finest-photographers-introduce-america-to-itself-hardcover","title":"Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression's Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin W. Sandler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award winner mines photographic gold to show--and tell--the story of the Great Depression. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an exquisitely curated volume of 140 full-color and black-and-white photographs, Martin W. Sandler unpacks the United States Farm Security Administration's sweeping visual record of the Great Depression. In 1935, with the nation bent under unprecedented unemployment and economic hardship, the FSA sent ten photographers, including Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks, on the road trip of a lifetime. The images they logged revealed the daily lives of Southern sharecroppers, Dust Bowl farmers in the Midwest, Western migrant workers, and families scraping by in Northeast cities. Using their cameras as weapons against poverty and racism--and in service of hope, courage, and human dignity--these talented photographers created not only a collective work of art, but a national treasure. Grouped into four geographical regions and locked in focus by rich historical commentary, these images--many now iconic--are history at its most powerful and immediate. Extensive back matter includes photographer profiles and a bibliography.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin W. Sandler \u003c\/b\u003ehas written more than seventy books for children and adults, including the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003e1919: The Year That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.9 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression's Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767942480160,"sku":"9781536215250","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/24a5fe004877ef01673262d302841205.webp?v=1780321063","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/picturing-a-nation-the-great-depressions-finest-photographers-introduce-america-to-itself-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}