Wpa Guide To Minnesota

Describes the history and culture of Minnesota, surveys the state's sights and attractions, and suggests tours through the state

This time-traveler's guide to the Minnesota Arrowhead Country is an evocative reminder of the state's history and a challenge to contemporary readers who seek to find how that past lives on in the present day.

Minnesota: A State Guide of the American Guide Series written by the FWP reviews the history of Minnesota.

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes is well represented in this WPA Guide to Minnesota. From the Grand Portage State Park to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, the reader is taken on a journey through this Midwestern state as it was in the early 20th century. In total, it profiles 47 cities and towns but emphasizes outdoor recreation, which is significant in the North Star State.

First published in 1941 as part of the American Guide Series, this lively book describes Minnesota's popular northern region.Special features include 15 canoe trips; 5 maps; 37 photographs; 47 city, town, and village profiles; 4 road tours; a chronology; a glossary; and a bibliography with updated suggestions for further reading in fiction and nonfiction about the region.