{"product_id":"san-diego-in-the-1930s-the-wpa-guide-to-americas-finest-city-paperback","title":"San Diego in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to America's Finest City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFederal Writers Project of the Works Pro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Kipen\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego in the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e offers a lively account of the city's culture, roadside attractions, and history-from the days of the Spanish missions to the pre-Second World War boom. The guide is revealing both in the opinions it embodies and in the juicy details it records-tidbits such as the bloodiest and most incompetently fought battle of the Mexican-American War, Emma Goldman's abruptly terminated speech to local Wobblies in 1912, and even a delightfully anachronistic way to beat a San Diego speeding ticket. Brimming with tours that can prove challenging to retrace, this book reminds us of the changes wrought by seven decades of intervening war, peace, and biotechnology. Unlatching a remarkable trapdoor into the past, this compact and charming document of the Depression era invites repeated browsing and is generously illustrated with striking black-and-white photographs that bring the period to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Federal Writers Project (FWP)\u003c\/b\u003e of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) not only provided jobs and income to writers during the Depression, it created for America an astounding series of detailed and richly evocative guides, recounting the stories and histories of the 48 states (plus THE Alaska Territory and Puerto Rico) and many of the country's major cities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Kipen has written the introductions to reissues of the WPA guides to Los Angeles, San Francisco California. He is Southern California Public Radio's book correspondent, and the founder of a lending library\/used book store east of Downtown Los Angeles called Libros Schmibros. Past book editor\/critic of the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts--where he led the Big Read initiative--Kipen is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History, \u003c\/i\u003eand the translator of Cervantes' \u003ci\u003eThe Dialogue of the Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390934114406,"sku":"9780520275386","price":37.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Z040UzhpUmdwZytUWFJWMzJmdFExZz09.webp?v=1775127009","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/san-diego-in-the-1930s-the-wpa-guide-to-americas-finest-city-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}