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Wyoming Folklore
Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech
AvFederal Writers' Project,James R. Dowm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
202 kr
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In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers' Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the country to collect and document local lore. This book reveals the remarkable results of the FWP in Wyoming at a time when it was still possible to interview Civil War veterans and former slaves, homesteaders and Oregon Trail migrants, soldiers of the Great War and Native Americans who remembered Little Big Horn. The work of the FWP in Wyoming, collected and edited here for the first time, comprises a rich repository of folklore and history and a firsthand look at the Old West in the process of becoming the new American frontier. Wyoming Folklore presents the legends, local and oral histories, and pioneer stories that defined the state in the early twentieth century.
Nebraska
A Guide to the Cornhusker State
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 1979
337 kr
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First published in 1939 and never before available in a paperback edition, this remarkable compendium of Nebraskiana includes chapters on the state's history, natural setting, flora and fauna, Indians, government, agriculture and industry, ethnic groups, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Far more than a tour guide, it is replete with all manner of colorful and unusual sidelights on Nebraska places and people, the kind of information not readily accessible outside of archives. Tom Allan, veteran roving reporter for the Omaha World Herald, has written a new introduction which bridged the years between 1939 and 1979 an reveals some of his own off-the-beaten-path discoveries.Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and an indispensable companion for the tourist, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State will delight and inform all those interested in Nebraska and the Great Plains region.
Wyoming
A Guide to Its History, Highways, and People
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 1981
337 kr
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First published in the famous American Guide Series of the Work Projects Administration in 1941, Wyoming: A Guide remains a distinguished survey of the state, its centers of interest, and its history. Now issued in paperback for the first time, it can introduce to new readers the geographic spectacle and pioneer history that continue to shape the character of Wyoming. A new introduction by T. A. Larson, author of History of Wyoming, updates the Guide and evaluates changes seen in the state since the book was first published.Valuable to the resident as a reference to the state's many treasures, and useful to the tourist who wants to know more than the road signs tell, Wyoming: A Guide commemorates those who passed through to the West and those who stayed to forge a state in the heart of the frontier.
Nebraska
A Guide to the Cornhusker State
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
251 kr
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First published in 1939, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State was collaboratively written by the Federal Writers' Project (FWP). As part of the Works Project Administration, the FWP gathered together some of the best writers of the era. Collectively, they undertook a nationwide initiative to record information about America and create comprehensive guides to their respective states. The wonderful results were a well-written blend of travel guide, ethnography, local history, and cultural document.This guide to the Cornhusker State brought together Nebraska writers such as Weldon Kees, Mari Sandoz, and Loren Eiseley. These respected authors created a remarkable compendium that includes chapters on the state's history, environment, peoples, flora and fauna, government, agriculture and industry, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and a companion for the tourist, Nebraska captures an era and makes accessible to readers information that is not readily available outside archives.
WPA Guide to Minnesota
AvFederal Writer's Project
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
408 kr
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Bohemian Flats
AvFederal Writers Project
Häftad, Engelska, 1986
288 kr
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WPA Guide to South Dakota
The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s South Dakota
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
357 kr
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The WPA Guide to the Minnesota Arrowhead Country
AvFederal Writer's Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
315 kr
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WPA Guide to The Minnesota Arrowhead Country
The Federal Writers'' Project Guide to 1930s Minnesota
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
238 kr
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First published in 1941 as part of the American Guide Series, this lively book describes Minnesota's popular northern region. Special features include fifteen canoe trips; five maps; thirty-seven photographs; forty-seven city, town, and village profiles; four road tours; a chronology; a glossary; and a bibliography with updated suggestions for further reading in fiction and nonfiction about the region.
WPA Guide to South Dakota
The Federal Writers'' Project Guide to 1930s South Dakota
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
236 kr
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Rolling prairie grasslands in the east, surreal Badlands and lush Black Hills in the west: South Dakota is a state of vivid contrasts. In this classic and now-rare guide to Depression-era South Dakota, you can discover the historic byways and back roads of this beautiful state. Originally part of the American Guide Series, this book was written both to chronicle the physical and cultural landscape of the Mount Rushmore State and to employ out-of-work writers. The result is a snapshot of South Dakota as our grandparents knew it.
WPA Guide to Wisconsin
The Federal Writers'' Project Guide to 1930s Wisconsin
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
238 kr
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At the height of the Depression, the government put thousands of writers to work for the Works Progress Administration. Out of their efforts came the American Guide series, the first comprehensive guidebooks to the people, resources, and traditions of each state in the nation.The WPA Guide to Wisconsin offers a lively tour of yesterday's Badger State. More than a nostalgic snapshot of 1930s Wisconsin, this book contains essays on the state's history and architecture, folklore and geology, arts and industry. The city tours and auto trips take you to places still familiar today—perfect for those who want to slow down, turn off the main road, and journey back in time.
WPA Guide to Minnesota
The Federal Writers'' Project Guide to 1930s Minnesota
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
238 kr
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In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, the federal government put thousands of unemployed writers to work in the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Out of their efforts came the American Guide series, the first comprehensive guidebooks to the people, resources, and traditions of each state in the union.The WPA Guide to Minnesota is a lively and detailed introduction to the state and its people. Much has changed since the book's first publication in 1938 when, as the authors noted, some Minnesotans could "clearly recall . . . the sight of browsing buffalo herds, and the creaking of thong-tied Red River carts." But the book vividly recaptures the era when annual fishing licenses cost fifty cents, farmers ran barn dances for motoring townfolk, Duluth was the headquarters of the Hay Fever Club of America, and the nearly new Foshay Tower loomed on the Minneapolis skyline.The guide has much more than nostalgia to offer today's readers. Twenty auto tours and six special city tours tell the stories of the state's people and places and offer a fascinating alternative to freeway travel. Essays on major themes such as native peoples, history, arts, transportation, and sports provide an authentic self-portrait of 1930s Minnesota in humorous, loving, and literary prose.This time-travelers' guide to Minnesota is an evocative reminder of the state's past and a challenge to contemporary readers who seek to find how that past lives on today.Special features include 20 road trips, 6 city tours, 15 boundary waters canoe trips, 12 maps, 22 drawings, an introduction by the renowned Midwestern writer Frederick Manfred, a chronology, and a revised bibliography.
Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration
AvFederal Writers' Project
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
402 kr
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Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
273 kr
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Albanian Struggle in the Old World and New
AvFederal Writers' Project of the Works,Federal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
216 kr
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U.S. one, Maine to Florida
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
313 kr
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Oregon Trail, US 30; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean;
AvFederal Writers' Project
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
402 kr
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Oregon Trail, US 30; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean;
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
273 kr
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Arkansas Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves [Part 2, Volume 2]
AvFederal Writers Project,Works Progress Administration
Häftad, Engelska
310 kr
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Arkansas Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves
AvFederal Writers' Project,Works Progress Administration
Häftad, Engelska
311 kr
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The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves (Parts 1 & 2)
AvFederal Writers' Project,Works Progress Administration
Häftad, Engelska
389 kr
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Ohio Slave Narratives
AvFederal Writers Project
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
232 kr
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New York City Guide
AvFederal Writers' Project
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
237 kr
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Originally published in 1939 at the time of the World's Fair, this is a reissue of this guide for time-travellers. It offers New York-lovers and 1930s-buffs a look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost only a few cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, "Dodger" fans flocked to Ebbetts Field, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. The New York of 1939 was a city where adventures began "under the clock" at the Biltmore, the big liners sailed at midnight, and Times Square was considered the crossroads of the world. In many ways New York is unchanged. The great apartment buildings of the late 1920s and 1930s - the Century, the San Remo, the Majestic - and the Manhattan skyscrapers - the Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building - still stand as sentinels to the past life of the city. Surprisingly, the book can still be used as a guidebook, challenging the contemporary observer to look for traces of a city that is no more.
WPA Guide to Alaska
The Last Frontier State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.The WPA Guide the Alaskan Territory takes the reader on a journey across the Land of the Midnight Sun, from the North Slope to the Aleutian Islands. First published in 1939, the guide reports on all the things that make this soon-to-be state unique: the influence of Alaska’s indigenous peoples, the thriving fishing industry, and the distinctive flora and fauna.
WPA Guide to Alabama
The Camellia State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.The WPA Guide to Alabama takes the reader on a journey of through the heart of Dixie, from the Gulf coast to the rich Black Belt region and the scenic Cumberland Plateau. First published in 1941, the guide goes beyond the popular images of cotton fields and plantation houses of the old south and brings to light the “magic” of Birmingham’s burgeoning manufacturing industry, the vibrant university life in Tuscaloosa, and, in Mobile, the cultural diversity of Alabama’s port city. The guide includes striking photos of Southern poverty during the Depression.
WPA Guide to Arizona
The Grand Canyon State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.At the time of the publication of the WPA Guide to Arizona in 1940, the Grand Canyon State was the newest addition to the union. The guide presents a state of contrasts, both geographically and culturally. The photographs show many facets of the state—from the mesas and desert lands to the Spanish missions and Native American art.
WPA Guide to Arkansas
The Natural State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.Published in 1941, the WPA Guide to Arkansas splendidly exhibits the varied environment of the Natural State. From the densely forested land in the Ozark Mountains and Arkansas Timberlands to the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta, the guide to the Land of Opportunity provides several photographs of, history on, and driving tours through the state’s grand geography.
WPA Guide to California
The Golden State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.The guide to California stands out among the rest of the WPA guides for the quality of its writing, photographs, and pen-and-ink drawings. The Golden State contains much diversity of people, places, and things, and the WPA Guide expertly reflects and records the eclectic quality of this quintessentially American state. Published in 1939, the guide’s essays on history cover everything from the gold rush to the movie industry at the nascence of Hollywood’s golden age, and its back-road tours through California''s coastal fishing villages and mountain mining towns still provide a splendid alternative to freeways.
WPA Guide to Colorado
The Highest State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.The WPA Guide to Colorado, not surprisingly, emphasizes the natural beauty of the Highest State. With a landscape ranging from alpine mountains with lush forests to arid deserts with massive sand dunes and a history that includes a rich Native American presence as well as booming mining and agriculture industries, the WPA guide shows how Colorado has earned the moniker “the Colorful State.”
WPA Guide to Connecticut
The Constitution State
AvFederal Writers' Project
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
80 kr
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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 country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were 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 state’s unique flavor.It isn’t surprising that a locale nicknamed the Constitution State has an impressive history—all of which is documented in the WPA Guide to Connecticut. The guide provides a comprehensive index of old and historic houses as well as an interesting timeline called “Connecticut Firsts” which lists historic happenings in the state from 1636 to 1936. The guide to the Nutmeg State also presents a number of tours through notable cities and towns, including New Haven and Yale University.

Federal Writers' Project – författare

Wyoming Folklore

Nebraska

Wyoming

Nebraska

WPA Guide to Minnesota

Bohemian Flats

WPA Guide to South Dakota

The WPA Guide to the Minnesota Arrowhead Country

WPA Guide to The Minnesota Arrowhead Country

WPA Guide to South Dakota

WPA Guide to Wisconsin

WPA Guide to Minnesota

Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration

Oregon Trail; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration

Albanian Struggle in the Old World and New

U.S. one, Maine to Florida

Oregon Trail, US 30; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean;

Oregon Trail, US 30; the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean;

Arkansas Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves [Part 2, Volume 2]

Arkansas Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves

The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves (Parts 1 & 2)

Ohio Slave Narratives

New York City Guide

WPA Guide to Alaska

WPA Guide to Alabama

WPA Guide to Arizona

WPA Guide to Arkansas

WPA Guide to California

WPA Guide to Colorado

WPA Guide to Connecticut