This Is America (book) explained

This Is America is a 1942 book with text by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and photographs by Frances Cooke Macgregor published by G. P. Putnam's and Sons, New York.^[1] The title This Is America coincided with the 1942 series of wartime posters by the Sheldon-Claire company of Chicago, "This is America... Keep it Free".^[2]

Notes and References

1. • John S. Partington - The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal 0754669556 2011

   "When in 1942, Eleanor Roosevelt commented on the situation of the Dust Bowl migrants in her book This Is America, she inserted the two verses from Guthrie's 'Tom Joad' which contained the social creed of Steinbeck's protagonist. 51"

   • Mignon Levine Rubenovitz, Altars of my fathers Boston. Temple Michkan Tefila - 1954 - Page 74 This majestic photograph is from the distinguished book, "This is America," by Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Cooke ..."
2. William L. Bird, Harry Rubenstein Design for Victory: World War II Poster on the American Home Frontp.83