California in the 1930s: The Wpa Guide to the Golden State

by Work Projects Administration

Book Overview

Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520275403
• ISBN13: 9780520275409
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 838 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 4.9" x 8.7"