Republic of Detours

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice | Winner of the New Deal Book AwardAn immersive account of the New Deal project that created state-by-state guid

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The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Federal Writers' Project Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Reactionary forces ultimately scuttled the New Deal Federal Writers' Project. A 21st Century Federal Writers' Project is

The Landmark, Grand Detour, IL – 1949 – RPL's Local History

Republic of Detours” Wins New Deal Book Award

Reigniting the Spirit of the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project, The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) launched in 1935 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It employed thousands of out-of-work writers

A Television Broadcast of Republic of Detours

Republic of Detours - Harvard Review

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Scott Borchert on X: from the Federal Writers' Project, Arkansas: A Guide to the State (1941). more at #Arkansas / X

Scott Borchert on X: Apple Harvest, from the Federal Writers' Project, West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State (1941). more at #WestVirginia / X

1953 magazine ad for Lee Tires -Addams Family sets up "detour", Chas. Addams art