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The WPA Guide to 1930s Alabama
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4.75 · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 7 editions
A fascinating time capsule, this classic guide cap…

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    Alaska: A Guide to Alaska Last American Frontier
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 7 editions
    Published in 1939 as part of the Federal Writers' …

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    The WPA Guide to 1930s Arizona
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    4.00     · 7 Ratings · published 1940 · 10 editions
    This book stands as a historic document containing…

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    Arkansas: A Guide to the State
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1941 · 6 editions
    A fascinating look at Arkansas in the early part o…

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    California in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the Golden State
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    4.20     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 23 editions
    Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and var…

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    The WPA Guide to 1930s Colorado
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    4.20     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 11 editions
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works P…

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    Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore, and People
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    3.67     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1938 · 16 editions
    This is a reproduction of a book published before …

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    Delaware: A Guide to the First State
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    5.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1938 · 11 editions
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    Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State
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    3.90     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 13 editions
    Throughout more than four centuries, from Ponce de…

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    Georgia: The WPA Guide to Its Towns and Countryside
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    4.67     · 3 Ratings · published 1940 · 10 editions
    Originally published almost fifty years ago as par…

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    Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures
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    2.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1937 · 9 editions
    Idaho, a guide in word and picture; (1937)

    Federal…

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    Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide
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    4.17     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 10 editions
    This classic guide features essays on Illinois his…

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    Indiana: A Guide To The Hoosier State
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 5 editions
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    Iowa: A Guide to the Hawkeye State
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    4.56     · 9 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1938 · 17 editions
    The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa is a panorama of the H…

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    The WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas
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    4.22     · 9 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1939 · 12 editions
    The WPA Guide , the first and only guidebook ever …

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    The WPA Guide to Kentucky
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    4.00     · 4 Ratings · published 1939 · 9 editions
    'The great series of WPA state guides played a vit…

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    Louisiana: A Guide to the State
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    3.50     · 4 Ratings · published 1941 · 5 editions
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    Maine: A Guide Down East
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    4.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1937 · 11 editions
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    The WPA Guide to Maryland: The Old Line State
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1940 · 3 editions

    This publication is part of the American Guide Ser…

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    Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People
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    3.75     · 4 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1937 · 5 editions
    The people of Massachusetts in their enthusiasm or…

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    Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State
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    4.50     · 4 Ratings · published 1941 · 5 editions

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    Minnesota
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    4.19     · 21 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1938 · 6 editions
    In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depressio…

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    Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State
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    3.67     · 3 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1938 · 21 editions
    The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State was part of a…

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    Missouri: The WPA Guide to the "Show Me" State
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    3.80     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 6 editions
    Once considered a "foolish boondoggle" of Franklin…

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    Montana: A State Guide Book
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    3.40     · 5 Ratings · published 1939 · 13 editions
    First published in 1939, this nostalgic guide incl…

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    Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State
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    3.50     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 15 editions
    First published in 1939, A Guide to the Cornhusker…

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    The Wpa Guide to 1930s Nevada: Nevada Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration
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    3.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1940 · 3 editions
    When Las Vegas boasted two motion picture theatres…

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    New Hampshire: A Guide to the Granite State; Federal writers project
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1938 · 11 editions
    Geography Topography Geology Wild LIfe The Indians…

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    The WPA Guide to 1930s New Jersey
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    4.00     · 3 Ratings · published 1939 · 19 editions
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    The WPA Guide to 1930s New Mexico
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    4.40     · 5 Ratings · published 1940 · 13 editions
    THis is a reprint from the American Guide Series b…

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    The WPA Guide to New York: The Empire State
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · published 1940 · 10 editions
    Information on the attractions of New York, and th…

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    North Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Old North State
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    4.14     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1939 · 12 editions
    Coldass Creek. Devils Elbow. Whim Knob. Mush Islan…

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    North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
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    3.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1938 · 12 editions
    Part of the American Guide Series, published origi…

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    Ohio: The Ohio Guide
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    5.00     · 2 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1940 · 5 editions
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    Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · published 1941 · 10 editions
    The WPA Guide to 1930s Oklahoma was published in 1…

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    Oregon: End of the Trail
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    3.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1940 · 7 editions

    This publication is part of the American Guide Ser…

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    The WPA Guide to Pennsylvania: The Keystone State
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1940 · 4 editions
    During the 1930s in the United States, the Works P…

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    Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State
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    3.25     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1937 · 5 editions
    Federal Writers' Project for the Works Progress Ad…

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    South Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1941 · 8 editions
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    South Dakota: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s South Dakota
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    3.92     · 13 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1938 · 12 editions
    Rolling prairie grasslands in the east, surreal Ba…

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    Tennessee
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1939 · 10 editions
    Colonel Austin P. Foster, of Nashville, a man well…

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    The WPA guide to Texas: With a new introduction
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · published 1940 · 7 editions
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    Utah: A Guide To The State
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 6 editions
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    Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State
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    3.33     · 3 Ratings · published 1937 · 11 editions
    This is a reprint of the state guide from the Amer…

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    Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion
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    3.89     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1940 · 12 editions
    The crowning achievement of the New Deal's Federal…

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    Washington: A Guide To The Evergreen State
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    0.00     · published 1941 · 6 editions
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    West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 9 editions
    Swimming: Oglebay Park, 5.4 m. N. on State 88, ope…

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    Wisconsin: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Wisconsin
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    3.80     · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1941 · 7 editions
    At the height of the Depression, the government pu…

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    Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways, and People
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    3.67     · 6 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1941 · 9 editions
    First published in the famous American Guide Serie…

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