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'America 101': Photos by Arthur Grace

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Former Newsweek staff photographer Arthur Grace has been looking at the land of the free through his lens for 40 years. In his new book America 101 he presents 101 images from his personal archives, captured on black-and-white film with a Leica. He picks his favorites.

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Former Newsweek staff photographer Arthur Grace has been looking at the land of the free through his lens for 40 years. In his new book America 101 he presents 101 images from his personal archives, captured on black-and-white film with a Leica. He picks his favorites.

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Bused black students arrive at South Boston High under police protection on opening day of school, 1974.

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Abenaki Indian father and son prepare to hunt, Swanton, Vt., 1976.

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Coon dog, Washington County, Maine, 1974.

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Couple enjoying their trailer "porch," Fort Kent, Maine, 1974.

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Drivers pay respects as national anthem played before start of demolition derby, Raleigh, N.C., 2003.

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Evel Knievel jumps 10 vans, Worcester, Mass., 1976.

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Horseshoes match, Raleigh, N.C., 2003.

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Inmates at co-ed minimum security prison, Framingham, Mass., 1974.

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John Wayne at Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club Man-of-the-Year event, Cambridge, Mass., 1974.

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Man dressed as sheepdog poses with champion sheepdog at dog show, Newton, Mass., 1992.

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National Guard unit drills in armory during Boston school desegregation, Boston, Mass., 1974.

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Nellie Hatt and her sons on their potato farm, Baileyville, Maine, 1974.

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President Jimmy Carter reaches out to voters from the roof of his limousine during a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, 1980.

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Teenager at dusk on Polk Street, San Francisco, 1989.

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White House junior staffers on south lawn wait to load presidential luggage aboard Marine One, 1980.

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Reprinted from America 101 by Arthur Grace. Copyright © 2012 by Arthur Grace. All rights reserved.

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