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Published in 1973, this remarkable book about life in a small turn-of-the-century Wisconsin town has become a cult classic. Lesy has collected and arranged photographs taken between 1890 and 1910 by a Black River Falls photographer, Charles Van Schaik. (Goodreads.com)
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Grave, contemplative, nostalgic and earnest.
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- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Lesy
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 263
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, Allen Lane, University of New Mexico Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780394483665
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