You have seen their faces first edition dustjacket at the nypl digital gallery google books encyclopaedia britannica art icono photos by margaret bourke white university of virginia photos by margaret bourke white monroe gallery photo by margaret bourke white new yorker it happened one decade september 21 2009 this article about a book on the united states is a stub . You have seen their faces by erskine caldwell and margaret bourke white viking press 1937 330975 is a scathing manifesto condemning the sharecropping system in the south as nothing more than legalized slavery the book contains fantastic photos of southerners down on the farm my rating 7 10 finished 9 7 11. You have seen their faces in the middle years of the great depression erskine caldwell and photographer margaret bourke white spent eighteen months traveling across the back roads of the deep south from south carolina to arkansas to document the living conditions of the sharecropper. 40 out of 5 stars have seen their faces reviewed in the united states on september 7 2012 verified purchase a wonderful book especially if you want authentic pictures of the great depression i love erskine caldwells writings and his short stories were wonderful but i wish there had been some true stories about the actual people in the pictures other than that this book is a definite . About the rural south entitled you have seen their faces 1937 they collaborated on two more such picture and text books on eastern european countries caldwell worked overseas as a journalist during world war ii wrote screenplays in hollywood and continued to produce works of fiction and remembrance in the latter part