Author : Federal Writers' Project
Release : 2013-10-31
Genre : History
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The WPA Guide to Kansas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The WPA Guide to Kansas write by Federal Writers' Project. This book was released on 2013-10-31. The WPA Guide to Kansas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. America’s Heartland is well depicted in this WPA Guide to Kansas, originally published in 1939. Kansas, also nicknamed the “Sunflower State” because of its rich agricultural roots and the “Jayhawker State” because of its distinct role in the American Civil War, has a diverse and extensive history.