{"product_id":"nebraska-a-guide-to-the-cornhusker-state-9780803269187","title":"Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1939, \u003ci\u003eNebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State\u003c\/i\u003e was collaboratively written by the Federal Writers' Project (FWP). As part of the Works Project Administration, the FWP gathered together some of the best writers of the era. Collectively, they undertook a nationwide initiative to record information about America and create comprehensive guides to their respective states. The wonderful results were a well-written blend of travel guide, ethnography, local history, and cultural document.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide to the Cornhusker State brought together Nebraska writers such as Weldon Kees, Mari Sandoz, and Loren Eiseley. These respected authors created a remarkable compendium that includes chapters on the state's history, environment, peoples, flora and fauna, government, agriculture and industry, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and a companion for the tourist, \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e captures an era and makes accessible to readers information that is not readily available outside archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Boye is a professor of English at Lyndon State College in Vermont. His books include \u003ci\u003eHolding Stone Hands: On the Trail of the Cheyenne Exodus\u003c\/i\u003e, available in a Bison Books edition.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328434999570,"sku":"9780803269187","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01d7d465-3378-4f6d-bf2a-8fc17992c6bc.jpg?v=1727739852","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nebraska-a-guide-to-the-cornhusker-state-9780803269187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}