Dorothea Langes photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles & enduring legacy. We all know Dorothea Langes iconic photographs but few know the arc of her extraordinary life. In this sweeping account Linda Gordon charts Langes journey from polio-ridden child to wife & mother from San Francisco portrait photographer to chronicler of the Great Depression & Second World War. Gordon uses Langes life to anchor a social history of twentieth-century America re-creating the bohemian world of San Francisco the Dust Bowl & the Japanese-American internment camps. She explores Langes radicalization as she embraced the democratic power of the camera & she examines Langes body of work. Lange reminds us that beauty can be found in unlikely places & that to respond to injustice we must first learn how to see it.