Portage by Compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of Wisconsin, Work Projects Administration - 1938

Wisconsin: Portage Chamber of Commerce / Works Progress Adninistration, 1938. 1st edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -. 1st edition. A Good to Very Good copy. 8vo., 85 pp., illstrated with b&w photographs. Bound in blue paper wraps, with black title on front panel. Edges of the wraps toned. Light shelf wear. Part of the publisher's series, American Guide Series. 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,… Read More