Inside the U.s.a.

Gunther's Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s & 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., he set out from California & traveled to the Pacific Northwest, across the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, & the Midwest, up to New England, & down to the South & Southwest. His frank, lucid observations along the way -- on race relations, labor, the TVA, farm life, the politics of the big cities, etc. -- yield fascinating insights into life 50 years ago. He had an uncanny ability to catch telling details of the country's politics & culture. This edition has a new foreword by historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., reflecting on the changes over the last 50 years.Gunther, John J. is the author of 'Inside the U.s.a. ', published 1997 under ISBN 9780788190834 and ISBN 0788190830.