WPA Guide to Texas e-bog
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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the countrys shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authorsmany of whom would later become celebrated literary figureswere commissi...
E-bog
50,64 DKK
Forlag
Trinity University Press
Udgivet
31 oktober 2013
Længde
718 sider
Genrer
1KBBW
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781595342416
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the countrys shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authorsmany of whom would later become celebrated literary figureswere commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each states unique flavor.Equaling the massive size of the state, the WPA Guide to Texas is just as expansive at 716 pages. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, The Lone Star States landscape is as varied as its political and cultural past. Having been under the control of six different nations flags, the history section is particularly rich. The guide also includes a helpful list of books about the state.