title: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
author:  Elizabeth Partridge 
description: "Although she may be known best for her stirring portraits of Depression-era life, photojournalist Dorothea Lange had a career that spanned decades and continents. This new book was carefully curated by her goddaughter, Elizabeth Partridge, and represents the most comprehensive collection of Lange's work to date." - Reader's Digest.com<br /><br />"In Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, Lange's goddaughter Elizabeth Partridge, an accomplished and prolific author in her own right, presents a first-of-its-kind career-spanning monograph of the legendary photographer's work, placing her most famous and enduring photographs in a biographical context that adds new dimension to these iconic images." - Brain Pickings
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  # The Man in Lonely Land
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Kate Langley Bosher
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  I. GENERAL
  
  
  II. THE REQUEST
  
  
  III. SCIENTIFICS
  
  
  IV. DOROTHEA AND MR. LAINE
  
  
  V. THE LOSS OF HIS BEST FRIEND
  
  
  VI. A LETTER PROM DOROTHEA
  
  
  VII. AN AFTERNOON CALL
  
  
  VIII. THE RECEPTION
  
  
  IX. DOROTHEA ASKS QUESTIONS
  
  
  X. A DISCOVERY
  
  
  XI. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
  
  
  XII. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
  
  
  XIII. MR. LAINE GOES SHOPPING ALONE
  
  
  XIV. AN INFORMAL VISIT
  
  
  XV. THE MAN WHO DID NOT KNOW
  
  
  XVI. A CHANGE OF PLANS
  
  
  XVII. A VISIT TO VIRGINIA
  
  
  XVIII. ELMWOOD
  
  
  XIX. CHRISTMAS
  
  
  XX. CLAUDIA
  
  
  XXI. A VISIT FROM DOROTHEA
  
  
  XXII. SPRINGTIME
  
  
  
  
  
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  E-text prepared by Al Haines
  
  
  THE MAN IN LONELY LAND
  
  
  by
  
  
  KATE LANGLEY BOSHER
  
  
  Author of “Mary Cary” and “Miss Gibbie Gault”
  
  
  MCMXII
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  TO MY BROTHER
  
  
  EDWARD PORTIUS LANGLEY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I. GENERAL
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  Mr. Winthrop Laine threw his gloves on the