The WPA Guide to Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813158693
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kentucky
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Kentucky; Kentucky -- Guidebooks; Automobile travel -- Kentucky -- Guidebooks;

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.


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.

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