Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State - Softcover

Federal Writers' Project

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803269188 ISBN 13: 9780803269187

Publisher: Bison Books, 2006

Synopsis

First published in 1939, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State was collaboratively written by the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). As part of the Works Project Administration, the FWP gathered together some of the best writers of the era. Collectively, they undertook a nationwide initiative to record information about America and create comprehensive guides to their respective states. The wonderful results were a well-written blend of travel guide, ethnography, local history, and cultural document.

This guide to the Cornhusker State brought together Nebraska writers such as Weldon Kees, Mari Sandoz, and Loren Eiseley. These respected authors created a remarkable compendium that includes chapters on the state’s history, environment, peoples, flora and fauna, government, agriculture and industry, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and a companion for the tourist, Nebraska captures an era and makes accessible to readers information that is not readily available outside archives.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His books include Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus, available in a Bison Books edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803269188
• ISBN 13: 9780803269187
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 424