Idaho: A Guide in Word and Picture

New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Second Edition. 300pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Light blue cloth cloth with the title in blue on the front board. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Very good/Very good. Price clipped jacket lightly worn at the extremities with an ink smudge on the front panel. Owneship stamp (small) on the front free endsheet. Revised edition of the first state guide published in the American Guide Series. Idaho Federal Writers’ Project employees compiled information put into the guide, but Vardis Fisher, the state director, wrote most of the guide. Vardis Fisher, a native Idahoan, was recommended to be the Idaho state director by a friend (truncated) and former colleague, Harold Merriam. This guide managed to bring national attention to Idaho and bolster the economy through tourism. Through its promotion of the landscape, people, and history of Idaho, the Idaho guide reshaped the national perception of Idaho from a setting in a cheesy dime novel to a place of rugged landscapes and rich customs. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Scharf/Schoyer 163. Powell 282. Adams Herd 1118. Howes F153. (Inventory #: 10486)