Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo ...
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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen.
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Berkeley. 2013. April 2013. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520275409. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4. 103 b/w photos. 37 line illus. 10 maps. Introduction by David Kipen. 721 pages. paperback. Cover design: Claudia Smelser. Cover illustration: 'Miners Panning Gold' by Anton Refregier, panel 12, Rincon Annex, WPA mural. keywords: California & Western History United States History Urban Studies. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming. Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composerwriter-hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen. The Federal Writers Project (FWP) of the Works Progress administration (WPa) not only provided jobs and income to writers during the Depression, it created for america an astounding series of detailed and richly evocative guides, recounting the stories and histories of the 48 states (plus the alaska territory and Puerto rico) and many of the country's major cities. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress administration. inventory #4052.
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