Inside U.S.A. Gunther, John, 1901-1970

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunther, John, 1901-1970.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Description and travel.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 979 pages : maps, fol ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, London : Harper & Brothers, 1947.

Contents:

1. California the golden

2. A bouquet of Californians

3. More about California, its how and why

4. Life and works of Henry Kaiser

5. Ghosts and silver in Nevada

6. Pacific Northwest coming up

7. Two freshmen from the mountain slopes

8. Highways in the sky

9. Staff and stuff of life, plus timber

10. Invitation to the West

11. The Montana frontier

12. MVA vs. Behemoth River

13. Utah and Mormons: profile of a community

14.-But scenery is not enough

15. 'Stop roaming, try Wyoming'

16. The miraculous Dakotas

17. On the extreme particularity of Kansas

18. Mind of the Middle West

19. Stassen: young man going somewhere

20. More about Minnesota, plus Wisconsin

21. Iowa, corn and pigs

22. Notes for a portrait of Missouri

23. Chicago Tribune, Illinois, and Indiana

24. A talk with Vandenberg

25. World on wheels: Ford dynasty & UAW

26. Men and politics in Ohio

27.-And more from the Ohio mill

28. Inside New England I

29. Saltonstall

30. Inside New England II

31. Natural history in Massachusetts

32. New York: Dewey and the state

33. New York: sketch of megalopolis, with a word on Wall Street

34. The not-so-little flower

35. Hauge machine and New Jersey

36. The great state of Pennsylvania

37. Pennsylvania: steel and Pittsburgh

38. Atlantic Seaboard

39. Romance and reality in Kentucky

40. The South: problem child of the nation

41. Negro in the woodpile

42. The southeastern marches

43. Model TVA

44. More about Tennessee, plus Arkansas

45. Arnall, Talmadge, and the state of Georgia

46. Cotton, no longer king, and the former realm of Huey Long

47. The giant world of Texas

48. Who and why in Texas politics

49. University, God, and beef

50. Oklahoma and the Indians

51. last stop: the new states of the southwest

52. Finale.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 935-946.

OCLC:

868984057