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The WPA Guide to Nebraska

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595342257
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The WPA Guide to Nebraska written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Originally published in 1939, the Cornhusker State is thoroughly detailed in this WPA Guide to Nebraska. In photographs and essays, the guide primarily depicts an agrarian state but it also contains an interesting essay on the state’s unicameral legislature; Nebraska is the only state in the union with this form of government.

Nebraska During the New Deal

Author : Marilyn Irvin Holt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496218000
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska During the New Deal written by Marilyn Irvin Holt and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Nebraska Book Award As a New Deal program, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) aimed to put unemployed writers, teachers, and librarians to work. The contributors were to collect information, write essays, conduct interviews, and edit material with the goal of producing guidebooks in each of the then forty-eight states and U.S. territories. Project administrators hoped that these guides, known as the American Guide Series, would promote a national appreciation for America's history, culture, and diversity and preserve democracy at a time when militarism was on the rise and parts of the world were dominated by fascism. Marilyn Irvin Holt focuses on the Nebraska project, which was one of the most prolific branches of the national program. Best remembered for its state guide and series of folklore and pioneer pamphlets, the project also produced town guides, published a volume on African Americans in Nebraska, and created an ethnic study of Italians in Omaha. In Nebraska during the New Deal Holt examines Nebraska's contribution to the project, both in terms of its place within the national FWP as well as its operation in comparison to other state projects.

Nebraska

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803268517
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Nebraska

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803269187
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska written by Federal Writers' Project and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State

Author : Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State written by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nebraska. A Guide to the Cornhusker State

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : US History Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1603540261
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska. A Guide to the Cornhusker State written by Federal Writers' Project and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1939 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State

Author : Federal Writers' Project. Nebraska
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State written by Federal Writers' Project. Nebraska and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nebraska

Author : Federal Writers' Project Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780781210263
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska written by Federal Writers' Project Staff and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding

Nebraska during the New Deal

Author : Marilyn Irvin Holt
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496215664
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska during the New Deal written by Marilyn Irvin Holt and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a New Deal program, the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) aimed to put unemployed writers, teachers, and librarians to work. The contributors were to collect information, write essays, conduct interviews, and edit material with the goal of producing guidebooks in each of the then forty-eight states and U.S. territories. Project administrators hoped that these guides, known as the American Guide Series, would promote a national appreciation for America's history, culture, and diversity and preserve democracy at a time when militarism was on the rise and parts of the world were dominated by fascism. Marilyn Irvin Holt focuses on the Nebraska project, which was one of the most prolific branches of the national program. Best remembered for its state guide and series of folklore and pioneer pamphlets, the project also produced town guides, published a volume on African Americans in Nebraska, and created an ethnic study of Italians in Omaha. In Nebraska during the New Deal Holt examines Nebraska’s contribution to the project, both in terms of its place within the national FWP as well as its operation in comparison to other state projects.

The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa

Author : Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587296632
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa written by Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published during the Great Depression, The WPA Guide nevertheless finds much to celebrate in the heartland of America. Nearly three dozen essays highlight Iowa's demography, economy, and culture but the heart of the book is a detailed traveler's guide, organized as seventeen different tours, that directs the reader to communities of particual social and historical interest.

Soul of a People

Author : David A. Taylor
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470885882
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Soul of a People written by David A. Taylor and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a series of WPA guides. Through striking images and firsthand accounts, the book reveals their experiences and the most vivid excerpts from selected guides and interviews: Harlem schoolchildren, truckers, Chicago fishmongers, Cuban cigar makers, a Florida midwife, Nebraskan meatpackers, and blind musicians. Drawing on new discoveries from personal collections, archives, and recent biographies, a new picture has emerged in the last decade of how the participants' individual dramas intersected with the larger picture of their subjects. This book illuminates what it felt like to live that experience, how going from joblessness to reporting on their own communities affected artists with varied visions, as well as what feelings such a passage involved: shame humiliation, anger, excitement, nostalgia, and adventure. Also revealed is how the WPA writers anticipated, and perhaps paved the way for, the political movements of the following decades, including the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Right movement, and the Native American rights movement.

A Nebraska Bird-Finding Guide

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1609620119
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book A Nebraska Bird-Finding Guide written by Paul Johnsgard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nebraska lies in the transition zone between North American eastern and western avifaunas and is home to more than 200 breeding and 150 migrant species. This definitive guide to Nebraska birdwatching by the state's preeminent ornithologist includes a county-by-county rundown of the best sites, a calendar of migrations, an annotated checklist of regularly occurring Nebraska birds, and recommendations for optical equipment, publications and reference materials, and contact information for conservation and ornithological groups. It features 48 maps as well as photographs and drawings by the author. Paul Johnsgard, Foundation Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the author of more than 50 books and 150 articles on birds and other wildlife."--Page 4 of cover

Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State

Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
ISBN 13 : 1623760267
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1939 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nebraska

Author : Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska written by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guide to Nebraska's Wetlands and Their Conservation Needs

Author : Ted LeGrange
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Nebraska's Wetlands and Their Conservation Needs written by Ted LeGrange and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nebraska

Author : Nebraska Writers' Project
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Nebraska written by Nebraska Writers' Project and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global West, American Frontier

Author : David M. Wrobel
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826353703
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Global West, American Frontier written by David M. Wrobel and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines how travel writers viewed the American West from the age of Manifest Destiny through the Great Depression. In the nineteenth century, the West was often presented as one developing frontier among many; in the twentieth century, travel writers often searched for American frontier distinctiveness"--Provided by publisher"--Provided by publisher.