Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943

Operating in every state in the union for eight turbulent years, the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project provided needed jobs for more than 10,000 writers and would-be writers (among them Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright) and produced some 1,200 published books and pamphlets, including the magnificent American Guide Series, which gave the nation its first self-portrait. Nominated for the National Book Award in history, The Dream and the Deal is available to a new generation of readers, and includes a selected checklist of 400 Writers' Project publications.

Author: Jerre Mangione
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 11/01/1996
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.04w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780815604150

About the Author
Jerre Mangione is a retired professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of the bestselling Mount Allegro and several other books and novels.