The WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas

The WPA Guide the first and only guidebook ever devoted to Kansas was published in 1939. After six decades and more its pages still provide a wealth of reliable historic geographic and cultural information on Kansas as well as some intriguing lore that many modern-day readers will find new. Not the least of its contributions is the accurate picture it gives of Kansas between the Great Depression and World War IIof its industrial agricultural and natural resources. The book is divided into three sections: seventeen topical essays covering subjects such as Indians folklore religion and architecture; touring information of the eighteen largest Kansas cities and towns; and twelve automobile tours spanning Kansas and border states. Included are eighty photographs four maps and an essay on the "contemporary scene" by William Allen White.