Republic of detours : how the New Deal paid broke writers to rediscover America /
New Deal paid broke writers to rediscover America.
Scott Borchert.
- First edition.
- x, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Tour one : Henry Alsberg, Washington, DC -- Tour two : Vardis Fisher, Idaho -- Tour three : Nelson Algren, Chicago -- Tour four : Zora Neale Hurston, Florida -- Tour five : Richard Wright, New York City -- Tour six : Henry Alsberg and Martin Dies, Jr., Washington, DC -- Epilogue.
"A literary history of the Federal Writers Project"--
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Federal Writers' Project.
American guide series.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography. New Deal, 1933-1939. Travel writing--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Civilization--1918-1945. United States--Intellectual life--20th century.