From the Foreword by Campbell Gray, Director, BYU Museum of Art: "In May 1937, in a single acquisition, Brigham Young University took possession of 85 paintings and drawings by Maynard Dixon. Dr. Herald R. Clark, who was at the time dean of the College of Commerce, arranged the purchase with family funds. Given the national recognition that Dixon has received over the intervening 60-plus years, one can't help but admire the adventurous and sensitive nature of this one act. Picture it: a man whose discipline is economics, working in a university whose primary objective at the time was the education of teachers, not only being attracted to the ground-breaking work of a contemporary artist but also negotiating a major acquisition for the university--all within the context of the Great Depression. His action and its effect are most remarkable." Dr. Linda Jones Gibbs authored this book after intense research and analysis, and selected the works presented herein. Co-author Deborah Brown Rasiel provided analysis of Dorothea Lange's work and selected representative photographs for this remarkable and sensitive presentation of Maynard Dixon's life and work.