num_pages: 591
description: The clasic that became the prototype of the modern nonfiction novel. A watershed literary event at its first publication in 1941, 
  Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
 is an "unsparing record of the harsh existence of three Alabama families, and a poetic meditation on the terrible beauty of their lives," recognized by the New York Public Library as one of the most influential books of the century.
language: English
title: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
titlecomplete: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
genres: Biography, American, Nonfiction, Essays, Classics, American History, Art, Sociology, History, Photography
ratings_count: 3741
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company