DigitalBookIndex: THE 1930s: Federal Writers' Project (20TH c U.S. HISTORY) (e-Book, eTexts, On Line Books, eDocuments)

DigitalBookIndex: Federal Writers' Project

Here are two pages of links to downloadable copies, many of them free, of the American Guide Series produced in the 1930s and 1940s by the Federal Writers' Project. It's a snapshot of travel and life in America before the homogenization of television and interstates. Each state book featured maps and guides to the main cities, driving tours that followed each major highway from one end of the state to the other, and essays on the state's history, culture, and economy. Many city and regional guides were also published.

Some of the links will take you to the Prelinger Collection of the Internet Archive, which offers many of the books in text, PDF, eBook, Kindle, and other formats, so you can easily take them along on your travels. (When will AAA publish their TourBooks for the Kindle?)