Converse, Gordon. All Mankind. Photographs from the Christian Science Monitor, mostly by Gordon Converse.

Christian Science Publishing Co., 1983. Edited by Jean I. Tennant. Fine oblong hardcover bound in green and beige cloth with very good plus protected dust jacket that has some slight indentations and shelf wear.  Excellently composed and reproduced 141 black-and-white photographs taken around the world, primarily by Gordon Converse, with others by R. Norman Matheny, Peter Main, and Barth Falkenberg. Chapters on The Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific, followed by notes and photograph credits. Includes landscape, architecture, people, wildlife, etc. Some well known figures appear, notably Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, and Jawaharlal Nehru, but most people in photos are unidentified. Published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of The Christian Science Monitor.

Gordon Converse (1920–1999) was an American photojournalist best known for serving as the chief photographer for The Christian Science Monitor for four decades. Prior to his decades-long newspaper career, Converse served as a U.S. Navy combat photographer during World War II. Throughout his extensive photojournalism career, he traveled to more than 100 countries, documenting global events, daily life, landscapes, and major historical figures—including photographing President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office just days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Recognized for his striking black-and-white compositions and mastery of natural light, Converse published his documentary imagery in collections such as Reflections in Light and spent his career capturing humanistic photo-essays from around the world.