Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech
by
Federal Writers' Project
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the country to collect and document local lore. This book reveals the remarkable results of the FWP...