Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Indiana University Press March 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0253217938 ISBN 13: 9780253217936
Da: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Taken a half-century ago, these photographs depict the desegregationcrisis in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was somoved at the beating of veteran Alex Wilson that he ordered 1,200 paratroopers fromthe 101st Airborne to Little Rock, and federalized the Arkansas National Guard toquell the 'disgraceful occurrences.' A Life Is More Than a Moment carriesus back to those painful and turbulent times, but it does not leave us there. Inaddition to these immortal photos, photographer Will Counts also took new portraitsof many of the original subjects when he returned to Little Rock in 1997. Essays byRobert S. McCord, Ernest Dumas, and Will Campbell chart the path leading to thecrisis and define its impact on the civil rights movement. This book shows an uglyhatred, but in the end, it is also a book of hope and reconciliation. 50th Anniversary Edition of a bestselling book that tells the story behind the photographs that shocked our nation.
Da: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Will Counts on the front endpage.
Da: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Da: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 10.19 X 8.81 X 0.62 inches. 76 pages. Inscribed by author Will Counts and two others on front endpaper. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.
Editore: Indiana University Press, Indiana, 2000
Da: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.