Reviews for The Wpa Guide To 1930s Kansas

The average rating for The Wpa Guide To 1930s Kansas based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-22 00:00:00 Ray Martinson 3.5-4 stars A snapshot of Kansas from 1938 and before. Many anecdotes, some just paragraphs long, could easily be action adventure tales or movies. Rivalries for county seats often involved voter fraud and armed conflict, including cannons. Sites I wish to visit include Big Basin, the Kansas Sphinx, Saint Jacob's Well and see a blackjack oak in autumn.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-10-12 00:00:00 Pierre Rioux I doubt this is at the top of everyone's reading list, but I'm researching some family history and I'm finding it very interesting. It ties in nicely with The Worst Hard Time (about the dustbowl), which I'm also reading. The WPA Guide was written in 1939 and while it has a new introduction, the rest of the text is the original. I'm enjoying reading the 1939 predictions for the future of Kansas as well as the authors' view of what were then very recent events and how they would shape the state in years to come. As a former farm girl, I'm finding the sections on agriculture to be most interesting. I'm no farming expert, but I think it's interesting how new agricultural technologies made such an impact on rural communities....and how current farm practices are changing this landscape again.