Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State

Name: Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State
Author: Federal Writers' Project
ISBN: 9781422707432

by Federal Writers' Project

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Overview

First published in 1939 and never before available in a paperback edition, this remarkable compendium of Nebraskiana includes chapters on the state's history, natural setting, flora and fauna, Indians, government, agriculture and industry, ethnic groups, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Far more than a tour guide, it is replete with all manner of colorful and unusual sidelights on Nebraska places and people, the kind of information not readily accessible outside of archives.

Tom Allan, veteran roving reporter for the Omaha World Herald, has written a new introduction which bridged the years between 1939 and 1979 an reveals some of his own off-the-beaten-path discoveries.

Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and an indispensable companion for the tourist, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State will delight and inform all those interested in Nebraska and the Great Plains region.

About the Author, Federal Writers' Project

Alan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His books include Holding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus, available in a Bison Books edition.

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According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the 1939 Federal Writers' Project guidebook to Nebraska "still provides a useful overview" of the state. Readers will find this American cultural landmark a trove of historical lore.