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T HE WORKS PRO GR A M --Works Pr ogress Adminis trP.t ion-For Immediato Releas e Monday, May 24, 1937. Intr acoa::; tal Wc:~torwn,y Guide Published . Ha rry L. Hopki ns , Works Progress Administrator, announced today the publica tion of 11 I n tr n coas t [',l Wat e r way ", a guide bo ok c ompiled by the Fed.or a l Writ e rs' Pro ject. I ssu e d through th e Gover nme nt Printing Office , the v olume describe s in historic and geographic de t a il t h.st se cti on of the I ntr acoastal Waterway b e tween Norfolk, Virgini?-, a nd Key West, Flori da. "Intra coa s t a l Waterway " i s int ended ch i efly for t h e use of smallboat owne rs who tra v nl ,"l.long the wate r rout es . Pri nted iri pamphlet f orm, it contains 143 pnge s, thirty photos , two maps and An index. available through the Supe ri ntendent of Document s . Copi es of it a rc Tho price 25 cents. Main r oute s, a l ternate rout 0s , r,.n d sicle rout es a r e ci_cs crib e d in c a r e ful deto.il, with spe cific tr ave lling cii:roct:;.ons and descriptions of historical points of inter est . A list of the annual event s in the citie s on the Intra c oas t al Waterway r oute cove r e d, chr onolo gica ll ~· arranged, appears in the back of the volume . The pn.mp hlet is t he fir st in a spo dal serie s of publ ic'.""1.ti ons on i mpo rt a nt t hr ough rout e s f or boat s rrnd c.ut omobil c s . The b ooks o.re being c om-:- Piled by the Fe deral Writ ers • Pr J j ect and v olu mes covering u. s. Route No. 1, the Ocean Highv1ay, the Oregon Tr n il and the Santa Fr:: Tra il a.re s ch8 duled for Pliblication i n t he next fow months . The s e panphlets . together with guides for each of the fort;r- e i gh t Statos nnd a number of citi e s, will make up the "American Guido Scries 11 do si gned to prer,e nt a portra it of America . Two of tho State b ooks, one for Idnho a ncl. one for tho District of Columbia, as well a s several city guides have already appeared. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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