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"You faced front, you seldom smiled, since levity was not the mark you wanted put across your face forever." -- Michael Lesy
Michael Lesy is a writer and professor of literary journalism at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. His books, which combine historical photographs with his own writing, include Wisconsin Death Trip (1973), The Meaning of Family Pictures (1980), A Photographic Chronicle of American Life (1982), America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (1997) and (with Angelo Rizzuto) The New York Photographs of Angelo Rizzuto (2005).

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Total Books: 26
Repast Dining Out at the Dawn of the New American Century 19001910
Murder City
2008 - Murder City (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780393330595
ISBN-10: 0393330591
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Murder City The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties
2007 - Murder City the Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780393060300
ISBN-10: 0393060306
Genre: History
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Angel's World The New York Photographs of Angelo Rizzuto
Long Time Coming A Photographic Portrait of America 19351943
2002 - Long Time Coming a Photographic Portrait of America 19351943 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780393049435
ISBN-10: 0393049434
Genres: Arts & Photography, History
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Wisconsin Death Trip
2000 - Wisconsin Death Trip [Wisconsin] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780826321930
ISBN-10: 0826321933
Genres: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Dreamland America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
1998 - Dreamland America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781565844858
ISBN-10: 1565844858
Genres: Arts & Photography, History
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Rescues The Lives of Heroes
1993 - Rescues the Lives of Heroes (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517108260
ISBN-10: 0517108267
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FORBIDDEN ZONE
1989 - Forbidden Zone (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780385260343
ISBN-10: 0385260342
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The Forbidden Zone
1987 - The Forbidden Zone (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780374157562
ISBN-10: 0374157561
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Visible Light
1985 - Visible Light (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780812911565
ISBN-10: 0812911563
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Bearing Witness
1982 - Bearing Witness (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780394509679
ISBN-10: 0394509676
Genre: History
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Time Frames The Meaning of Family Pictures
1980 - Time Frames the Meaning of Family Pictures (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780394739588
ISBN-10: 0394739582
Genre: History
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Real life Louisville in the twenties
1976 - Real Life Louisville in the Twenties (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780394498133
ISBN-10: 0394498135
Genre: Nonfiction
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