David Plowden

Life and work

Publications

Publications with photographs and text by Plowden

• Farewell to Steam. Stephen Greene Press, 1966.
• *Bonanza Edition, 1968.
• Lincoln and His America. Viking, 1970.
• *Book-of-the-Month Club, 1971. Alternate selection. Received the Benjamin Barondess Award, 1971.
• The Hand of Man on America. Smithsonian, 1971.
• *Paperback edition. Chatham, 1973.
• *Second printing. 1974.
• Floor of the Sky: The Great Plains. Sierra Club, 1972.
• Commonplace. E. P. Dutton, 1974.
• Bridges: The Spans of North America. Viking, 1974.
• *Macmillan Book Club, 1975. Alternate selection.
• *Reprinted edition, hardcover, New York City: W. W. Norton, 1984.
• *Reprinted edition, paperback, New York City: W. W. Norton, 1988.
• Tugboat. Macmillan, 1976. Received the American Library Association Notable Children's Books 1976.
• Steel. Viking, 1981.
• An American Chronology. Viking, 1982. With an introduction by David G. McCullough,
• Industrial Landscape. New York City: W. W. Norton, 1985,
• A Time of Trains. New York City: W. W. Norton, 1987,
• A Sense of Place. New York City: W. W. Norton, 1988,
• End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats. New York City: W. W. Norton, 1992,
• Small Town America. Harry N. Abrams, 1994. With an introduction by David G. McCullough,
• Imprints: A Retrospective. Bulfinch, 1997. With an introduction by Alan Trachtenberg.
• Bridges: the Spans of North America. Revised Edition. New York City: W. W. Norton, 2002.
• David Plowden: The American Barn. New York City: W. W. Norton, 2003.
• A Handful of Dust: Disappearing America. New York City: W. W. Norton, 2006.
• David Plowden: Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography. New York City: W. W. Norton, 2007. With an introduction by Steve Edwards.
• Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden. New York City: W. W. Norton, 2010.
• David Plowden’s Iowa. Humanities Iowa, 2012.
• Heartland: The Plains and The Prairie. New York City: W.W. Norton, 2013.

  Publications solely containing photographs by Plowden

• The Freeway in the City. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968.
• Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area. Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1979. Commissioned by New York State Council for the Arts.
• The States and the Nations. New York City: W. W. Norton and the American Association for State and Local History, 1977–1981. New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont editions.
• A Place of Sense. University of Iowa, 1988.

  Publications with photographs by Plowden and text co-authored with another

• Gems. Viking Press, 1967.
• America the Vanishing. Stephen Greene Press, 1969.
• Nantucket. Viking Press, 1970. Text by Plowden and Patricia Coffin.
• Cape May to Montauk. Viking Press, 1973. Text by Plowden and Nelson P. Falorp.
• Desert and Plain, the Mountains and the River. E.P. Dutton, 1975. Text by Plowden and Berton Roueché.
• The Iron Road. Four Winds Press, 1978. Text by Plowden and with Richard Snow.

  Award

• 1968: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

  Collections

• Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.