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The WPA Guide to Rhode Island

其他書名	The Ocean State
出版	Trinity University Press, 2013-10-31
主題	History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
ISBN	15953423709781595342379
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PLLpCAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook	SAMPLE

註釋During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor.

The WPA Guide to the smallest state in the United States, Rhode Island, is by no means the shortest guide in this series. The Ocean State has a rich and extensive history which provides plenty of material to be covered. Despite a small geographic region, there is plenty of historical sites, photographs of churches and houses, and plenty of driving tours.