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1941 was the year that the Nazis invaded Soviet Russia; Japan's December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor pulled America into the war; and the movie "Citizen Kane" premiered.


Significant Book of 1941:
James Agee and Walker Evans's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

BOOK This portrait of the harsh existence of three Alabama cotton-farming families, told through Agee's poetic prose and Evans's stark photographs, was a major literary event.

  Significant Music of 1941:
 Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train"

BOOK Duke Ellington recorded the classic "Take the A Train." Although it would soon become the band's theme song, the piece was actually composed by Ellington's writing and arranging partner, Billy Strayhorn.




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