Author: Federal Writers' Project (Ind.)
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Madison, James H.
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871953633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.

Author: George T. Blakey
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253023548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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The story of the New Deal program that helped to preserve the history and cultural heritage of Indiana during the Great Depression. From 1935 to 1942, the Indiana office of the Federal Writers’ Program hired unemployed writers as “field workers” to create a portrait in words of the land, the people, and the culture of the Hoosier state. This book tells the story of the project and its valuable legacy. Beginning work under the guidance of Ross Lockridge, whose son would later burst onto the American literary scene with his novel Raintree County, the group would eventually produce Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State, Hoosier Tall Stories, and other publications. Though many projects were never brought to completion, the Program’s work remains a useful and rarely tapped storehouse of information on the history and culture of the state. “An important history of the Indiana state Federal Writers’ Project . . . straightforward . . . persuasive . . . impassioned. This is an important social history of Depression-era Indiana and a guide for future research.” —A. B. Audant, CUNY Kingsborough Community College

Author: Al Spiers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983467007
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Author: Luke Messer
Publisher: Eva Publishing
ISBN: 9780978679910
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Describes what is special about the state of Indiana, including the curious and elusive Hoosier nickname.

Author: Ernest W. Baughman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3111402770
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 685

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1410

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Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher:
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Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Writers' Program (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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