Borchert, Scott,  1986- <br/><br/>
Republic of detours :  how the New Deal paid broke writers to rediscover America / 
 New Deal paid broke writers to rediscover America. 
Scott Borchert. 
 - First edition. 
 - x, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, photographs, facsimiles ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Tour one : Henry Alsberg, Washington, DC -- Tour two : Vardis Fisher, Idaho -- Tour three : Nelson Algren, Chicago -- Tour four : Zora Neale Hurston, Florida -- Tour five : Richard Wright, New York City -- Tour six : Henry Alsberg and Martin Dies, Jr., Washington, DC -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> "A literary history of the Federal Writers Project"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374298459 9780374298456 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020057978 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Federal Writers' Project.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>American guide series.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, American--20th century--Biography.<br/>New Deal, 1933-1939.<br/>Travel writing--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--1918-1945.<br/>United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E175.4 .W9  / B67 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.917