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Uses long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress to paint a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when preparing meals.

The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: 06/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9781594484575, 978-1594484575
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      Book Synopsis
      Uses long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress to paint a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when preparing meals.

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