A LOOK AT THE WORLD BEHIND

A MOMENT IN THE SUN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

John Sayles spent years researching the turn-of-the-century world of A Moment in the Sun. Follow the links below to see some of the photos that helped shape each chapter, and to read John’s notes on some of the historical details that crop up in the text. For an extended bibliography of the books John consulted, click here. (Grayed-out chapters are currently un-annotated.)