This land : an American portrait
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Meacham, Jon, writer of supplementary textual content.
Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
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Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 268 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 34 cm.
Language
English

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"This Land presents some one hundred and forty photographs that span the nation, from Key West to Death Valley and Texas to Montana. From the monochromatic and distressed black-and-white images that began the series to the oversaturated color of more recent years, these photographs present a startlingly fresh perspective on America. The breadth of imagery in This Land brings to mind the works of such American masters as Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Mark Rothko, and Albert Bierstadt, while also evoking the sense of the open roads traveled by Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac. Spencer's pictorialist vision embraces the sweeping variety of American landscapes--coasts, deltas, forests, deserts, mountain ranges, and prairies--and iconic places such as Mount Rushmore and Wounded Knee. Jon Meacham writes in the foreword that Spencer's "most surprising images are of a country that I suspect many of us believed had disappeared. The fading churches, the roaming bison, the running horses: Spencer has found a mythical world, except it is real, and it is now, and it is ours"--Publisher's website.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Spencer, J., & Meacham, J. (2017). This land: an American portrait (First edition.). University of Texas Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Spencer, Jack, 1951- and Jon, Meacham. 2017. This Land: An American Portrait. University of Texas Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Spencer, Jack, 1951- and Jon, Meacham. This Land: An American Portrait University of Texas Press, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Spencer, Jack, and Jon Meacham. This Land: An American Portrait First edition., University of Texas Press, 2017.

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