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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Editor's Introduction: Sara Rutkowski
Part I: Politics, Purpose, and Vision
Chapter 1: Three Lenses on the Legacy of the Federal Writers' Project
Chapter 2: Henry Alsberg: Architect and Defender of the Project and its Legacies
Chapter 3: Understanding the Living Lore Units: B. A. Botkin, Folklore, and Creative Writing on the FWP
Chapter 4: "Shadows of Tragic Premonition": The Native Son and the Federal Writers' Project
Part II: The American Scene
Chapter 5: State Guides then and Now: From Controversial New Deal Project to National Treasure
Chapter 6: Of Conquistadors and Corridos: Aurora Lucero-White and the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project
Chapter 7: Lyle Saxon: The FWP, Identity, and Historical Tourism in New Orleans
Chapter 8: A View from the Boardwalk: The New York City Guide and Coney Island Hypertext
Part III: Raw Material and Opportunity
Chapter 9: "Crime and Juvenile Delinquency-My Pet Hobby at Present": Margaret Walker and the FWP in Chicago
Chapter 10: Ernest J. Gaines's Literary and Historical Strategies in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Imitating the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives
Chapter 11: Eddie Shimano and Gerald Chan Sieg: Asian American Writers in the FWP
Chapter 12: A View of the Archives: Ralph Ellison's Collection of Children's Rhymes for the FWP
Afterword
Contributors
Index
Back Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Editor's Introduction: Sara Rutkowski
Part I: Politics, Purpose, and Vision
Chapter 1: Three Lenses on the Legacy of the Federal Writers' Project
Chapter 2: Henry Alsberg: Architect and Defender of the Project and its Legacies
Chapter 3: Understanding the Living Lore Units: B. A. Botkin, Folklore, and Creative Writing on the FWP
Chapter 4: "Shadows of Tragic Premonition": The Native Son and the Federal Writers' Project
Part II: The American Scene
Chapter 5: State Guides then and Now: From Controversial New Deal Project to National Treasure
Chapter 6: Of Conquistadors and Corridos: Aurora Lucero-White and the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project
Chapter 7: Lyle Saxon: The FWP, Identity, and Historical Tourism in New Orleans
Chapter 8: A View from the Boardwalk: The New York City Guide and Coney Island Hypertext
Part III: Raw Material and Opportunity
Chapter 9: "Crime and Juvenile Delinquency-My Pet Hobby at Present": Margaret Walker and the FWP in Chicago
Chapter 10: Ernest J. Gaines's Literary and Historical Strategies in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Imitating the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives
Chapter 11: Eddie Shimano and Gerald Chan Sieg: Asian American Writers in the FWP
Chapter 12: A View of the Archives: Ralph Ellison's Collection of Children's Rhymes for the FWP
Afterword
Contributors
Index
Back Cover