The WPA Guide to Kansas
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writersa Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the countryas shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authorsamany of whom would later become celebrated literary figuresawere 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 stateas unique flavor. Americaas Heartland is well depicted in this WPA Guide to Kansas, originally published in 1939. Kansas, also nicknamed the aSunflower Statea because of its rich agricultural roots and the aJayhawker Statea because of its distinct role in the American Civil War, has a diverse and extensive history.Kansas State Teachera#39;s College established at Pittsburgh as Manual Training School. Helium discovered at ... Glick placed in Statuary Hall, National Capitol, Washington, D.C. Large oil field discovered in Butler County. Arthur Capper electedanbsp;...
| Title | : | The WPA Guide to Kansas |
| Author | : | Federal Writers' Project |
| Publisher | : | Trinity University Press - 2013-10-31 |
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