false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255711095m/4782921.jpg 4782921 1 Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a series of WPA guides. Through striking images and firsthand accounts, the book reveals their experiences and the most vivid excerpts from selected guides and interviews: Harlem schoolchildren, truckers, Chicago fishmongers, Cuban cigar makers, a Florida midwife, Nebraskan meatpackers, and blind musicians.<br> <br> Drawing on new discoveries from personal collections, archives, and recent biographies, a new picture has emerged in the last decade of how the participants' individual dramas intersected with the larger picture of their subjects. This book illuminates what it felt like to live that experience, how going from joblessness to reporting on their own communities affected artists with varied visions, as well as what feelings such a passage involved: shame humiliation, anger, excitement, nostalgia, and adventure. Also revealed is how the WPA writers anticipated, and perhaps paved the way for, the political movements of the following decades, including the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Right movement, and the Native American rights movement. 4847787 9 2 2009 Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America total:9|5:1|4:5|3:3|2:0|1:0| 9 34 40 5 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:50:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:55:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 23 05:09:11 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 05:11:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:36:07 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:38:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 07:55:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:56:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:54:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:17:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 11:58:40 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 11:58:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 20:06:15 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:06:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 19:02:13 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 19:02:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 16:08:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:08:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 12:41:18 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 12:41:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 13:13:38 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:14:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 16:56:08 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:56:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 05:12:09 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 05:12:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 14:55:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 14:55:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 13:34:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 13:34:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 05:00:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 05:00:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 15:11:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:11:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:01:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 16:15:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 13:32:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 09:23:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 09:23:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 29 09:11:46 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 09:11:46 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4782921