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Hardcover no dust jacket; 421 pages; Size Approx. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4.
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Published by Hastings House; 1952, second edition.
Details: This is one of the American Guide Series and is about South Dakota. It contains many illustrations and in-text maps. "The American Guide Series is a group of books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era works program in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and contained detailed histories of each of the then 48 states of the Union with descriptions of every major city and town. In total, the project employed over 6,000 writers. The format was uniform, comprising essays on the state's history and culture, descriptions of its major cities, automobile tours of important attractions, and a portfolio of photographs. John Steinbeck wrote in Travels with Charley: "If there had been room in Rocinante I would have packed the W.P.A. Guides to the States, all forty-eight volumes of them...The complete set comprises the most comprehensive account of the United States ever got together, and nothing since has approached it."
A fine addition for your bookshelf!
Condition: Ex-library copy with the usual markings, but no card pocket since it was a reference book and not placed in circulation, some fraying at upper spine end, otherwise in very good condition with a solid binding and clean pages.
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