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      Skiing in the East: Ski Trails and How to Get There

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      Lost Treasures & Old Mines: A New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project Book

      Ann Lacy

      Between 1850 and 1912, Territorial New Mexico was home to a diverse mix of peoples. Contesting with those who had lived in the region for thousands of years, an array…

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      Stories from Hispano New Mexico: A New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project Book

      The fourth volume in the New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project Book series records authentic accounts of life in the early days of New MexicoNdetailed descriptions of village life, battles with…

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      The Wpa Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.

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      The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.

      The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII…

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      Stories of New Jersey, Its Significant Places, People and Activities

      Stories of New Jersey is a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the state. The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New…

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      Stories of New Jersey, Its Significant Places, People and Activities

      Stories of New Jersey is a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the state. The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New…

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      Wyoming Folklore: Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech

      Federal Writers' Project

      In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the…

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      Dark Mirror

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      Demonstrates how Black writers negotiated and revised New Deal ideas through their contributions to the Federal Writers' Project, ultimately introducing a more inclusive, pluralist understanding of American culture and history.

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      American Guides

      Wendy Griswold

      In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate-and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements…

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      American Guides

      Wendy Griswold

      In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate-and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements…

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