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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The view that slavery could best be described by those who had
themselves experienced it personally has found expression in
several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and
interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these
accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the
result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving
ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the
Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of
former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and
noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states
during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two
thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person
accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to
bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled
opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the
"peculiar institution," to describe in their own words what it felt
like to be a slave in the United States. -Norman R. Yetman,
American Memory, Library of Congress This paperback edition of
selected Alabama narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the
typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally
typed.
Rolling prairie grasslands in the east, surreal Badlands and lush
Black Hills in the west: South Dakota is a state of vivid
contrasts. In this classic and now-rare guide to Depression-era
South Dakota, you can discover the historic byways and back roads
of this beautiful state. Originally part of the American Guide
Series, this book was written both to chronicle the physical and
cultural landscape of the Mount Rushmore State and to employ
out-of-work writers. The result is a snapshot of South Dakota as
our grandparents knew it.
"The Bohemian Flats," first published in 1941, is a charming
history of a small, isolated community that once lay on the west
bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, tucked underneath the
Washington Avenue bridge. From the 1880s to the 1940s the village
was home to generations of Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Irish,
Polish, and especially Slovak immigrants. This book's vivid
descriptions of their traditions and adaptations offer an unusual
insight into Minnesota's multi-ethnic heritage.
"The Bohemian Flats" discusses the early years of settlement on the
Flats, the lifeways and celebrations of the residents, and the
razing of most of the neighborhood in 1932; it also provides
recipes "From the Flats Kitchens." This edition contains a new
section of pictures of the Flats and an introduction by ethnic
historian Thaddeus Radzilowski, who describes the genesis of the
book in the WPA and answers more questions about the identities of
those who lived on the Bohemian Flats.
In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, the federal
government put thousands of unemployed writers to work in the
Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Out of their efforts came the American Guide series, the first
comprehensive guidebooks to the people, resources, and traditions
of each state in the union.
The WPA Guide to Minnesota is a lively and detailed introduction
to the state and its people. Much has changed since the book's
first publication in 1938 when, as the authors noted, some
Minnesotans could "clearly recall ... the sight of browsing buffalo
herds, and the creaking of thong-tied Red River carts." But the
book vividly recaptures the era when annual fishing licenses cost
fifty cents, farmers ran barn dances for motoring townfolk, Duluth
was the headquarters of the Hay Fever Club of America, and the
nearly new Foshay Tower loomed on the Minneapolis skyline.
The guide has much more than nostalgia to offer today's readers.
Twenty auto tours and six special city tours tell the stories of
the state's people and places and offer a fascinating alternative
to freeway travel. Essays on major themes such as native peoples,
history, arts, transportation, and sports provide an authentic
self-portrait of 1930s Minnesota in humorous, loving, and literary
prose.
This time-travelers' guide to Minnesota is an evocative reminder
of the state's past and a challenge to contemporary readers who
seek to find how that past lives on today.
Special features include 20 road trips, 6 city tours, 15
boundary waters canoe trips, 12 maps, 22 drawings, an introduction
by the renowned Midwestern writer Frederick Manfred, a chronology,
and a revisedbibliography.
In the early days of the American West, outlaws dominated the New
Mexico Territory. Such colorful characters as Black Jack Ketchum,
the Apache Kid, Curly Bill, Devil Dick, Billy the Kid, Bill
McGinnis, Vicente Silva and his gang, the Dalton Brothers, and the
Wild Bunch terrorized the land. Feared by many, loved by some,
their exploits were both horrifying and legendary. In between
forays, notorious outlaws were sometimes exemplary cowboys. Singly
or in gangs, they held up stagecoaches and trains and stole from
prospectors and settlers. When outlaws reigned, bank holdups,
shoot-outs, and murders were a common occurrence; death by hanging
became a favored means of settling disputes by outlaws and
vigilantes alike. Stories of outlaws later provided plots for many
of our favorite Western movies. Between 1936 and 1940, field
workers in the Federal Writers' Project (a part of the
government-funded Works Progress Administration, or WPA, later
called Work Projects Administration) collected and wrote down many
accounts that provide an authentic and vivid picture of outlaws in
the early days of New Mexico. They feature life history narratives
of places, characters, and events of the Wild West during the late
1800s. These original documents reflect the unruly, eccentric
conditions of the New Mexico Territory as they played out in
clashes and collaborations between outlaws and "the gentle people"
of New Mexico before and after statehood. This book, focusing on
outlaws and desperados, is the first in a series featuring stories
from the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project collection. Other
books in the series include stories about ranchers, cowboys, and
the wild and woolly adventures of sheepherders, homesteaders,
prospectors, and treasure hunters. In them, the untamed New Mexico
Territory comes to life with descriptions of encounters with
Indians, travels along the old trails, cattle rustling, murders at
the gambling table, and Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus. This
treasury of Federal Writers' Project records, presented with
informative background and historic photographs, also highlights
Hispano folk life and Western lore in old New Mexico. ANN LACY has
lived in New Mexico since 1979. She has been an Artist-in-Residence
in the New Mexico Artists-in-the-Schools Program and a studio
artist exhibiting her work in museums and galleries. As a
researcher and writer, she has specialized in New Mexico history
and culture. She received a City of Santa Fe 2000 Heritage
Preservation Award. ANNE VALLEY-FOX is a New Mexico poet and
writer. Her publications include "Your Mythic Journey: Finding
Meaning in Your Life through Writing and Storytelling," "Sending
the Body Out, "Fish Drum 14" and "Point of No Return." Her work has
been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, including "El
Palacio: Art, History and Culture of the Southwest,"" New Mexico
Poetry Renaissance" and "In Company: An Anthology of New Mexico
Poets After 1960."
The view that slavery could best be described by those who had
themselves experienced it personally has found expression in
several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and
interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these
accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the
result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving
ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the
Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of
former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and
noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states
during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two
thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person
accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to
bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled
opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the
"peculiar institution," to describe in their own words what it felt
like to be a slave in the United States. -Norman R. Yetman,
American Memory, Library of Congress This paperback edition of all
of the Tennessee narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the
typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally
typed.
The view that slavery could best be described by those who had
themselves experienced it personally has found expression in
several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and
interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these
accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the
result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving
ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the
Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of
former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and
noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states
during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two
thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person
accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to
bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled
opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the
"peculiar institution," to describe in their own words what it felt
like to be a slave in the United States. -Norman R. Yetman,
American Memory, Library of Congress This paperback edition of all
of the Indiana narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the
typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally
typed.
The view that slavery could best be described by those who had
themselves experienced it personally has found expression in
several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and
interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these
accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the
result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving
ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the
Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of
former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and
noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states
during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two
thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person
accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to
bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled
opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the
"peculiar institution," to describe in their own words what it felt
like to be a slave in the United States. -Norman R. Yetman,
American Memory, Library of Congress This paperback edition of all
of the Ohio narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the
typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally
typed.
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