Weeping Mary

by O. Rufus Lovett

Small and self-contained, yet with ties to the larger world, Weeping Mary is a community in rural East Texas. The poetic mystery of its name, which local legend attributes to an African American woman called Mary who wept inconsolably over the loss of her land to a deceitful white man, drew photographer O. Rufus Lovett in 1994. Feeling a kinship with the people and the rhythms of a small Southern town like the one in which he grew up, Lovett began...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709323
• ISBN13: 9780292709324
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.3" x 11.3"