Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide

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Federal Writers' Project guide nonfiction book travel guidebook

"Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide" is a 1939 Federal Writers' Project travel guidebook that combines detailed descriptions of Illinois’s geography, history, and culture with driving tours and local lore.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Federal Writers' Project guide ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
travel guidebook ⓘ
author Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ
surface form: Federal Writers' Project
countryOfPublication United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ
surface form: Federal Writers' Project
feature descriptive sketches of cities and towns ⓘ
driving tours ⓘ
historical essays ⓘ
local lore ⓘ
genre guidebook ⓘ
local history ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
surface form: Great Depression era
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressSubjectHeading Illinois -- Description and travel ⓘ
Illinois -- History ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor combining historical narrative with driving tours ⓘ
documentation of Illinois communities in the 1930s ⓘ
partOf state guidebooks of the American Guide Series ⓘ
placeDescribed Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
downstate Illinois ⓘ
rural Illinois ⓘ
producedByProgram Federal Writers’ Project ⓘ
surface form: Federal Writers' Project

Works Progress Administration ⓘ
publicationDate 1939 ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher Hastings House ⓘ
series American Guide Series ⓘ
subject Illinois ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 19th century Illinois ⓘ
early 20th century Illinois ⓘ
early history of Illinois ⓘ
title Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide self-link ⓘ
topic automobile travel ⓘ
culture of Illinois ⓘ
geography of Illinois ⓘ
history of Illinois ⓘ
tourism in Illinois ⓘ

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American Guide Series → notableWork → Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide ⓘ
Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide → title → Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide self-link ⓘ