A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling--socially, morally, physically and emotionally--under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s.

First 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.

Author: Michael Lesy
Photographer: Charles Van Schaik
Preface: Warren Susman
Publisher: University Of New Mexico Press
Pages: 148pp
Size: 11 x 8.5
Notes: softcover, b/w
Release Date: January 1, 2000
ISBN: 978-0826321930