Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America

by David A. Taylor

Book Overview

Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a series of WPA guides. Through striking images and firsthand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470403802
• ISBN13: 9780470403808
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"