This is the first guidebook ever devoted to Kansas. The guide was compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the state of Kansas, and was first published in 1939. After several decades, its pages still provide a wealth of reliable historic, geographic, and cultural information on Kansas, as well as some intriguing lore that many modern-day readers will find new. Not the least of its contributions is the accurate picture it gives of Kansas between the Great Depression and World War II--of its industrial, agricultural, and natural resources. The volume is divided into three sections: seventeen topical essays covering subjects such as Indians, folklore, religion, and architecture; tourning information on the eighteen largest Kansas cities and towns; and twelve automobile tours spanning Kansas.
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". . . still fascinating after forty-five years. This book . . . is 'good stuff'" -- Kansas City Times
"A fantastic travel companion." -- KMAN Radio, Manhattan
"A magnificent time capsule . . . fascinating, eye-opening, intriguing. This book is special. [This is] the best work of its kind." -- Wichita Eagle and Beacon
"A treasure trove for information-seekers." -- Kansas City Star
"It gives the facts, but more importantly, the flavor of Kansas nearly a half century ago." -- Manhattan Mercury
"A fantastic travel companion." -- KMAN Radio, Manhattan
"A magnificent time capsule . . . fascinating, eye-opening, intriguing. This book is special. [This is] the best work of its kind." -- Wichita Eagle and Beacon
"A treasure trove for information-seekers." -- Kansas City Star
"It gives the facts, but more importantly, the flavor of Kansas nearly a half century ago." -- Manhattan Mercury
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"Written in grim times, and years in the making, [the WPA guides] were nonetheless infused with quiet pride and some sense of the astonishing richness and variety in this nation, and some sense of what it could be. Twentieth-century America is a good deal more comprehensible because of them."--Edwin Newman, former NBC News correspondent and author of Strictly Speaking
"Don't travel the blue highways of Kansas with out it."--William Least Heat-Moon, author of Blue Highways
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