The Federal Writers' Project. A Study In Government Patronage Of The Arts

MONTY NOAM PENKOWER

Publication: University of Illinois Press, 1977, Urbana, Illinois

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in white on the spine, xii, 257 pp. preface, prologue, footnotes, bibliography, index. A well-researched history of the WPA. The Federal Writers' Project was undertaken as part of the New Deal's Work Projects Administration, in order to provide work relief for unemployed writers and white-collar workers whose skills would not have been well utilized in construction projects. This historical account is based on extensive examination of surviving documents and on interviews with participants. The study chronicles the birth, progress, and eventual demise of the project. It discusses both the extensive American Guide Series and the auxiliary projects in black studies, folklore, and other areas. Burt Noggle says: "It is by far the best single sustained work of scholarship I have seen on the FWP." (Federal Writers' Project). Fine, bright copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with a tiny closed tear to the head of spine and light wear to the corners.

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