The WPA Guide to Kentucky

by F. Kevin Simon (Editor)

Overview

One of the first great reference tools on the Commonwealth, this WPA Guide is an important, vital part of our heritage. While it includes brief essays describing Kentucky's history, folklore, education, industry, geology, ethnic mix and other topics, the most remarkable feature is the driving tours that are as accurate today as they were more than half a century ago. Careful annotations give directions, point out historical and tourist sites, describe the country side, and even provide mileage for the drives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813108650
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	09/19/1996
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	608
Sales rank:	1,062,522
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

F. Kevin Simon teaches history at the Sayre School in Lexington. From 1990-1992 he directed educational programs at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.

Editorial Reviews

Not only a rich account of a Kentucky of the past, but also a vivid portrait of a rural agricultural state caught in the grips of an economic depression struggling to find its identity.

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

For today's travelers willing to forego the efficiency of a AAA Trip-Tik, The WPA Guide is illuminating.

Cincinnati Magazine

"For today's travelers willing to forego the efficiency of a AAA Trip-Tik, The WPA Guide is illuminating." — Cincinnati Magazine

"Not only a rich account of a Kentucky of the past, but also a vivid portrait of a rural agricultural state caught in the grips of an economic depression struggling to find its identity." — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

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