Nebraska: A Guide To The Cornhusker State (American Guide) - Hardcover

Federal Writers' Project (Fwp); Works Project Administration (Wpa)

 
9780403021772: Nebraska: A Guide To The Cornhusker State (American Guide)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0403021774 ISBN 13: 9780403021772
Publisher: North American Book Distributors, LLC, 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 Nebraska would be complete without a copy of Nebraska: A Guide To The Cornhusker State.

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Review

"A fascinating state and people and the "Guide" presents the whole picture. . . . Rich with Americana."--"Saturday Review of Literature"

About the Author

Alan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His books include Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus, available in a Bison Books edition.

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Publisher
North American Book Distributors, LLC
Publication date
1939
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0403021774
ISBN 13 
9780403021772
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
452

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780803268517: Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0803268513 ISBN 13:  9780803268517
Publisher: Bison Books, 1979
Softcover