Soul of a people: the WPA writer's project uncovers depression America
"In the wake of the Crash of 1929, companies fired an average of 20,000 workers every day; in some cities over half the adult population was unemployed. The story of writers rescued from joblessness by the Federal Writers' Project is as much the compelling drama of people caught when a soa...
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| Summary: | "In the wake of the Crash of 1929, companies fired an average of 20,000 workers every day; in some cities over half the adult population was unemployed. The story of writers rescued from joblessness by the Federal Writers' Project is as much the compelling drama of people caught when a soaring economy suddenly crashes as it is the fascinating account of some of America's best writers - before they were famous - turned loose on the landscape with a government mandate to 'hold up a mirror to America.'... In 1935, the federal government's WPA Writers' Project offered a lifeline: it hired unemployed writers to document life in America for a series of state travel guides. The WPA writers walked streets, interviewed passersby, described urban landmarks and rural landscapes, chatted about nightclubs and bars, recorded folklore and folk music, and compiled what is now very precious information about how Americans lived and how America looked. With striking images, firsthand accounts, and new discoveries from personal collections and other sources, David Taylor's Soul of a People brings it all to vibrant and unruly life: the writers, their friendships, the hardships, the political battles, and the enduring outcome."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 260 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780470403808 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
THE WRITERS?
POINT OF DEPARTURE
CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST
GATHERING FOLKLORE, FROM OKLAHOMA TO HARLEM
RISING UP IN THE WEST
NAILING A FREIGHT ON THE FLY
POETIC LAND, PUGNACIOUS PEOPLE
RAISING THE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
CIGARS AND TURPENTINE IN FLORIDA
AMERICAN AND UN-AMERICAN
CONVERGING ON WASHINGTON
TRAVELING BEYOND.
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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