The Missouri State Fair
Subtitle: Images of a Midwestern Tradition
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780826212733
Subjects: Customs; Other public performances & spectacles; Photographs: collections; Photoessays & Documentaries; Agriculture (Specific Aspects); Missouri - Local History; History; Photography; United States - General; History: American; Missouri; Agriculture - General; Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Midwest; Sociology - General; Missouri State Fair
Description: "Richard Gaskell first visited the Missouri State Fair in 1968 while serving as a VISTA volunteer in Boonville, Missouri. Completely captivated, he vowed to return to the fair and photograph the people and events associated with it. Although it was not until 1986 that he was able to keep that promise, he has made the long trip from New England to Missouri every year since then to photograph sights that can be found only at the state fair, capturing dramatic images that say more than any written words could."

"The Missouri State Fair chronicles more than a decade in the life of a historic American tradition. Through his evocative and compassionate portraits, Richard Gaskell provides a link between the state's rural past and its present, paying tribute to farmers and their animals - the real life and breath of a state fair's existence."--Jacket.