The Wpa Guide to 1930s Kansas [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Shortridge, James; Federal Writers' Project

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0700602496 ISBN 13: 9780700602490

Verlag: University Press Of Kansas, 1984

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"A magnificent time capsule . . . fascinating, eye-opening, intriguing. This book is special. Its 538 pages add up to far more than a simple road guide. It is a richly detailed portrait of Kansas. Looking through it, a reader immediately discovers how different the Kansas of 1984 is from the Kansas of 1939, and how much alike. [It contains] a thoughtful and candid review of the state by theme. . . . But the real delight of the guide, the part of the book most essentially Kansas, is the section of auto tours that crisscross the state. The thirteen tours describe hundreds of hidden places, the fascinating yet little-known sites where the past is still vividly present. Armed with a modern Kansas map, it's easy enough for a traveler to retrace the tours. [This is] the best work of its kind." Wichita Eagle and Beacon"Almost anyone could enjoy looking through this book. It gives the facts, but more importantly, the flavor of Kansas nearly a half century ago." Manhattan Mercury "A treasure trove for information-seekers. [The book] cuts through the romantic haze of allusions of the good old days and enables readers to recapture that elusive sense of place that confronts shaky perception with reality." Kansas City Star "Written in grim times, and years in the making, [the WPA guides] were nonetheless infused with quiet pride and some sense of the astonishing richness and variety in this nation, and some sense of what it could be. Twentieth-century America is a good deal more comprehensible because of them." Edwin Newman, former NBC News correspondent and author of Strictly Speaking ". . . still fascinating after forty-five years. This book . . . is good stuff " James Fisher, Kansas City Times "Don't travel the blue highways of Kansas with out it." William Least Heat-Moon, author of Blue Highways

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This is the first guidebook ever devoted to Kansas. The guide was compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the state of Kansas, and was first published in 1939. After several decades, its pages still provide a wealth of reliable historic, geographic, and cultural information on Kansas, as well as some intriguing lore that many modern-day readers will find new. Not the least of its contributions is the accurate picture it gives of Kansas between the Great Depression and World War II--of its industrial, agricultural, and natural resources. The volume is divided into three sections: seventeen topical essays covering subjects such as Indians, folklore, religion, and architecture; tourning information on the eighteen largest Kansas cities and towns; and twelve automobile tours spanning Kansas.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: University Press Of Kansas
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0700602496
• ISBN 13: 9780700602490
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576