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South Carolina : The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State by the workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina; with a new introduction and two new appendices by Walter B. Edgar is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Federal Writers Project creates an image of South Carolina of years pastAll of us, at one time or another, have had a strong desire to be able to get into a time machine and be transported magically to an earlier place and time. Science has not yet produced for us such a time machine, but the Federal Writers Project (FWP), a division of the Works Progress Administration, did produce for prosperity guides to all of the old 48 states. Using talented local researchers and writers the FWP created an image of America fifty plus years ago.A reprint of the original, South Carolina: The WPA Guide to the Palmetto State is divided into three sections: 19 essays on a variety of topics ranging from history to cookery; detailed descriptions of the 11 towns in the state that had populations of more than 10,000; and 21 remarkably detailed guided tours to all sections of the state. In addition to the original chapters, there are two appendices—updated highway numbers for each tour and a guide to getting off the present Interstate Highway System and picking up the guided tours.South Carolina's Guide is very much a product of its times. The essays and tours mince no words in describing the state

Author

the workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina; with a new introduction and two new appendices by Walter B. Edgar

Publisher

Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9781643364308

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities