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ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Bulletin of Information Series
Author: The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa
Author: Joseph Frazier Federal Writers ProjectPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587296632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
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.
Bulletin of Information
Author: State Historical Society of IowaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Iowa, a Guide to the Hawkeye State
Author: Best Books onPublisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760143
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the state of Iowa ; sponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa to commemorate the centenary of the organization of Iowa territory.
The WPA Guide to Iowa
Author: Federal Writers' ProjectPublisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
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 rolling hills between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers are home to the Midwest’s Hawkeye State, faithfully cataloged in the WPA Guide to Iowa. Stressing the agricultural roots and varied crops grown throughout the state, this guide includes many pictures depicting the lives of Iowa farm workers in the 1930’s.
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two
Author: Philip A. GreasleyPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253021162
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.
Guide to Historical Bibliographies
Author: Edith Margaret CoulterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Writings on American History
Author: Iowa Journal of History
Author: Biennial Report of the Executive Committee of the State Historical Society of the State of Iowa
Author: State Historical Society of IowaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
List of members in 10th, 24th- reports.