Creative America
by Kennedy, John, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, James Baldwin, Louis Kronenberger, John Ciardi, Robert Frost, Mark Van Doren, Joseph Wood Krutch
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Van Nuys, California, United States
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About This Item
Ridge Press, NY, 1962; 4to, 128 pages. Photographic essay of some of America’s most creative individuals engaged in their respective crafts: writers, actors, film directors, musicians, poets, painters, architects and sculptors. Captured in compelling b&w and color photographs by such notable Magnum photographers as Eve Arnold, Henri Cartier Bresson, Ernst Haas, Dan Budnick, Dennis Stock, Bruce Davidson, et al. Includes substantive essays by President John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, James Baldwin, Louis Kronenberger, Mark Van Doren, and Joseph Wood Krutch, all written expressly for this book, together with poetry contributions by Robert Frost and John Ciardi. Published in conjunction with plans to build the National Cultural Center in Washington, DC, later to become the Kennedy Center. Very Good Plus in a crisp and bright Very Good dust jacket that has a single small edge chip (1/2") in the blank margin of the back panel. Miniscule foxing on title page only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AARDWOLF Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5478
- Title
- Creative America
- Author
- Kennedy, John, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, James Baldwin, Louis Kronenberger, John Ciardi, Robert Frost, Mark Van Doren, Joseph Wood Krutch
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Ridge Press
- Place of Publication
- NY,
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- The Kennedy Center, Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Photography, Photojournalism, John F. Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Frost, Harry Truman, Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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