Illinois; a Descriptive and Historical Guide (American Guide) - Hardcover

Federal Writers' Project; Federal Writer's Project. - Illinois.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0403012929 ISBN 13: 9780403012923

Publisher: Scholarly Press, 1939

Synopsis

During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S.  These volumes that were produced became known as the <em>American Guide Series</em>.  This series has been described as <em>the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world.</em> No library collection in Illinois would be complete without a copy of Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholarly Press
• Publication date: 1939
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0403012929
• ISBN 13: 9780403012923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 687