Dreamland by Michael Lesy
A hit from coast to coast when it was published last year in hardcover, Michael Lesy's breathtaking view of the beginning of the twentieth century is now available in an affordable paperback edition. One of the most fascinating photographic explorations of the American past in years, Dreamland features 200 photographs taken between 1900 and 1910 that capture the extraordinary vigor and high hopes of those years. The photographs were culled from a single postcard company collection by acclaimed photo historian Michael Lesy, whose cult hit Wisconsin Death Trip (1974) has been paised as "an American classic" by National Geographic and "a small masterpiece of the historian's art" by the Chicago Daily News.
Eloquent.. A strange thing that photos of so much blight should possess so much beauty. - Los Angeles Times - Superb ... It's remarkable how much has changed - and how little. - Entertainment Weekly - It is a harbinger of our own times ... Lesy's work is a great book to ponder at the dawn of the twenty-first century. - San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle - A stunning statement about life in the early 1900s. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Striking [and] provocative ... Like Henry Adams, Michael Lesy comes to history bearing a disappointed lover's load of longing and loss. - The Nation - Amazing ... From Eastern factories to Western vistas, Dreamland is a remarkable visual record of an era. - Seattle Times - Compelling ... A vision [of the past] akin to Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons. - San Diego Union-Tribune - A wonderful gift. - Minneapolis Star Tribune - The whole panoply of turn-of-the-century American subjects appears here, bringing with it a long-forgotten but still-comforting air of national confidence. - Boston Phoenix
Michael Lesy is the author of Wisconsin Death Trip, Rescues, The Forbidden Zone, and Visible Light, among other works.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781565844858 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565844858 |
| Title | Dreamland |
| Author | Michael Lesy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 1998-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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