Crowley County Combined Library

From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained Frank's 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac...

This book introduces the life and times of the colonial people by describing their homes, jobs, tools, clothes, and travel.

A year-by-year guide to the twentieth century, providing photographs and brief information about significant events in the history of America.

"Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea--it's an identity and a place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking hundreds of languages, carrying every culture, each having hteir own reason for uprooting themselves to try something new. Eveyone has a unique story. This book is a collection of those stories, told by the people who lived them. Together, they form...

Starting as a trickle in the Rocky Mountains, the Eagle River emerges in a glacial valley, cuts through a spectacular gorge near Red Cliff, and then creates the broad flood plain of the Eagle River Valley. At Dotsero, the river joins the mighty Colorado River. As long as humans have settled along the river, they have depended on it for their livelihood, trapping beaver for hats, mining gold and silver, collecting water for locomotive engines and channeling...

Dorothea Lange's photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.