Men at Work: Rediscovering Depression-Era Stories from the Federal Writers' Project

By: Basso, Matthew

As part of Roosevelt's New Deal program of the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided relief jobs to millions of Americans. One facet of the WPA was the hiring of men and women to document the history and folklore of America so as to capture the "soul" of the nation. While researching at the Montana Historical Society Research Center more than a decade ago, historian Matthew Basso stumbled upon copies of six stories that had been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607811898
• ISBN13: 9781607811893
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"