American Guide Series

The American Guide Series was a group of books and pamphlets published under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era works program in the United States. The FWP hired scores of writers to produce a number of works detailing the local stories, history, and color of the states and numerous cities and locales across the United States.

Titles in the American Guide Series

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* "Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South", 1941.
* "Arizona: A State Guide", 1940.
* "Arkansas: A Guide to the State", Arizona, 1941.
* "California: A Guide to the Golden State", 1939. Revised 1954.
* "Colorado: A Guide to the Highest State", 1941.
* "Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore, and People", 1938.
* "Delaware: A Guide to the First State", 1938.
* "Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State", 1939.
* "Georgia: A Guide to Its Towns and Countryside", 1940.
* "Idaho: A Guide to Word and Picture", 1937.
* "Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide", 1939.
* "Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State", 1941.
* "Iowa: A Guide to the Hawkeye State", 1938.
* "Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State", 1939.
* "Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State", 1939.
* "Louisiana: A Guide to the State", 1941.
* "Maine: A Guide 'Down East' ", 1937.
* "Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State", 1940.
* "Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People", 1937.
* "Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State", 1941.
* "Minnesota: A State Guide", 1938.
* "Mississippi: A Guide to the Magnolia State", 1938.
* "Missouri: A Guide to the 'Show Me' State", 1941.
* "Montana: A State Guide Book", 1939.
* "Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State", 1939.
* "Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State", 1940.
* "New Hampshire: A Guide to the Granite State", 1938.
* "New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past", 1939.
* "New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State", 1940.
* "New York: A Guide to the Empire State", 1940.
* "North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State", 1939.
* "North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State", 1938.
* "The Ohio Guide", 1940.
* "Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State", 1941
* "Oregon: The End of the Trail", 1940.
* "Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State", 1940.
* "Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State", 1937.
* "South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State", 1941.
* "A South Dakota Guide", 1938.
* "Tennessee: A Guide to the State", 1939.
* "Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State", 1940.
* "Utah: A Guide to the State", 1941.
* "Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State", 1937.
* "Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion", 1940.
* "Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State", 1941.
* "West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State", 1941.
* "Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State", 1941.
* "Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways and People", 1941.

Cities

* "New Castle on the Delaware", 1936. Newcastle, Delaware
* "Washington, City and Capital", 1937. Washington DC
* "Philadelphia: A Guide to the Nation's Birthplace", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* "Erie: A Guide to the City and County", 1938. Erie, Pennsylvania
* "Lincoln City Guide", 1937. Lincoln, Nebraska
* "Augusta", 1938. Augusta, Georgia
* "New Orleans City Guide", 2008. New Orleans, Louisiana
* "Lexington and the Bluegrass Country", 1938. Lexington, Kentucky
* "Beaumont: A Guide to the City and Its Environs", 1939. Beaumont, Texas
* "A Guide to Estherville, Iowa", 1939. Estherville, Iowa
* "The New York City Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs of the Metropolis;Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond", 1939. New York City
* "Louisville: A Guide to Falls City", 1940. Louisville, Kentucky
* "A Guide to McGregor", 1940. McGregor, Iowa
* "Portland City Guide", 1940. Portland, Maine
* "A Guide to Key West", 1941. Key West, Florida
* "Henderson: A Guide to Audubon's Home Town in Kentucky", 1941. Henderson, Kentucky
* "San Antonio: A History and Guide", San Antonio, Texas
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5865 "Houston, a history and guide"] , 1942 Houston, Texas
* "Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors", 1943. Cincinnati, Ohio
* "Atlanta: Capital of the South", 1949. Atlanta, Georgia
* "San Diego: A California City", 1937. San Diego
* "San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities", 1940. San Francisco
* "Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs", 1941 Los Angeles
* "Santa Barbara: A Guide to the Channel City and its Environs", 1941. Santa Barbara

Regions and territories

* "Cape Cod Pilot: A Loquacious Guide", 1937.
* "Guide to Cedar Rapids and Northwest Iowa", 1937.
* "New York Panorama", 1938.
* "The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida", 1938.
* "U.S. One: Maine to Florida", 1938.
* "A Guide to Alaska: Last American Frontier", 1939.
* "Death Valley: A Guide", 1939.
* "Here's New England! A Guide to Vacationland", 1939
* "The Oregon Trail, US 30: The Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean", 1939.
* "Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquen", 1940.
* "Monterey Peninsula", 1941.
* "The Minnesota Arrowhead Country", 1941.
* "Ghost Towns of Colorado", 1967.

References

*Gross, Andrew S. [http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/arizona_quarterly_a_journal_of_american_literature_culture_and_theory/v062/62.1gross.html "The American Guide Series: Patriotism as Brand-Name Identification"] "Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory". Vol 62 Number 1. p. 85-111.