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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0873511859
Describes the history and culture of Minnesota, surveys the state's sights and attractions, and suggests tours through the state
Author : The Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : 9780873517126
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0873516346
The WPA Guide to the Minnesota Arrowhead Country, first published in 1941, offers a lively and detailed introduction to the northeastern part of the state, long famed for the breathtaking beauty of its landscape, the colorful variety of its ethnic groups, and the worldwide impact of its industries-now with a new introduction by Cathy Wurzer. Cathy Wurzer is the host of Morning Edition on Minnesota Public Radio and cohost of Almanac on Twin Cities Public Television. She has been honored with four Emmys for her work on Almanac.
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342218
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 Land of Ten Thousand Lakes is well represented in this WPA Guide to Minnesota. From the Grand Portage State Park to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, the reader is taken on a journey through this Midwestern state as it was in the early 20th century. In total, it profiles 47 cities and towns but emphasizes outdoor recreation, which is significant in the North Star State.
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342249
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. Montana, one of the Great Plains states, is finely portrayed in its WPA guide. Originally published in 1939, the spirit of the Wild West shines throughout this guide to the Treasure State. During this time period, the population of Montana was rural and cities small, with most of the economy tied to the land, mining, or cattle. With 10 hiking trails outlined for Glacier National Park alone and 18 driving tours throughout the state, this book is an excellent resource for history and nature buffs alike.
Author : Writers' Program (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Arizona
ISBN : UCR:31210001314739
Author : Daniel Wolff
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643363646
An odyssey from pre–Civil War Charleston to post–World War II Minneapolis through Jewish immigrants' eyes The histories of US immigrants do not always begin and end in Ellis Island and northeastern cities. Many arrived earlier and some migrated south and west, fanning out into their vast new country. They sought a renewed life, fresh prospects, and a safe harbor, despite a nation that was not always welcoming and not always tolerant. How to Become an American begins with an abandoned diary—and from there author Daniel Wolff examines the sweeping history of immigration into the United States through the experiences of one unnamed, seemingly unremarkable Jewish family, and, in the process, makes their lives remarkable. It is a deeply human odyssey that journeys from pre–Civil War Charleston, South Carolina, to post–World War II Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some ways, the family's journey parallels that of the nation, as it struggled to define itself through the Industrial Age. A persistent strain of loneliness permeates this story, and Wolff holds up this theme for contemplation. In a country that prides itself on being "a nation of immigrants," where "all men are created equal," why do we end up feeling alone in the land we love?
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342454
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 WPA Guide to Washington exhibits the beauty and individuality found in the Pacific Northwest. The guide takes the reader on a journey across the Evergreen State, from Seattle to Spokane with the Cascades in between. Essays on the state’s large lumber industry and its role in the westward expansion are included.
Author : Joseph Frazier Federal Writers Project
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587296635
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.
Author : Minnesota Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : 9781623760229
compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Rev. ed.
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595342331
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. For a reader interested in small town life in the early 20th century, the WPA Guide to Ohio is an excellent resource. A series of photographs by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration is well complemented with 17 selective essays about the political, industrial, and cultural life in the Buckeye State. The essay on the economy provides interesting information on the labor movement in Ohio.
Author : David A. Taylor
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470885888
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.
Author : Greg Breining
Publisher : Fodor's Travel Publications
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Minnesota
ISBN : 9781400014842
Filled with beautiful natural scenery and countless opportunities for outdoor recreation, Minnesota is a popular vacation destination for leisure travelers from in-state and from neighboring midwestern states. A sizable number of tourists also come to Minnesota from California, Texas, and Florida as well.
Author : Annette Atkins
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873516648
Winner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book. Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu. In Creating Minnesota Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.
Author : Federal Writers' Project,Federal Writers' Project; Norman K. Risjord
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Wisconsin
ISBN : 9780873517119