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Books of Interest

	Rebuild America: Solving the Economic Crisis Through Civic Works. Myers-Lipton, Scott. August, 2009 (paperback) November 2009 (hardback) The publisher of this book is Paradigm Publishers. Cost $17.99 or if bought in quantities of 50 or more--$8.99 For more information, contact the author at (505) 508-5382
	DOROTHEA LANGE: A Life Beyond Limits Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of numerous books and won the Bancroft Prize for The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. If you’re interested in covering the first comprehensive biography of Lange, please contact Rebecca Carlisle at rcarlisle@wwnorton.com or (212) 790-4267 with your shipping address to receive a copy or with any questions.
	Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon Munro, Sarah Baker. Timber Press, Portland, OR. July 2009. ISBN: 978-0-88192-856-3 224 pp., 110 color photos, 90 b/w both by Aaron Johanson. Foreword by Richard Moe. 8 1/2 x 10, hardcover. $34.95 Orders can be sent to publicity@timberpress.com. Munro is considered the historian of Timberline Lodge by the Friends of Timberline and is also a board member of the Nat. New Deal Preservation Assoc.
	THE GREAT DEPRESSION and the NEW DEAL: A Thematic Encyclopedia Bindas, Kenneth, Danver, Steven L., Leab, Daniel, Leeson, Robert, Rohe, J. Simon, Stein, Alan Harris, Editors. ABC-CLIO Publisher. 2 volumes, 780 pp. Due out Jan. 2010. EAN 978-1-59884-154-1. $195.00. Stein is board member of the National New Deal Preservation Assoc.
	THE LIKES OF US: Photography and the Farm Security Administration. Cohen, Stu. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA. Book image and information available on http://www.godine.com.
	NEW DEAL ART IN ARIZONA. Fahlman, Betsy. Univ. of AZ Press. Due out in November 2009. 240 pp., 7 x 10. 100 b/w photos, 1 map. ISBN: 978-0-8165-2292-7, $49.95. (Use the code “FLR” and take 20% of price. Contact at 1-800-426-3797. Fahlman is a professor of Art History at Arizona State University. She is one of the directors of the Southwest Art History Annual Conference held each Oct. in Taos, NM and a member of the Nat. New Deal Preservation Assoc.
	THE NEW DEAL: A 75th Anniversary Celebration Book orders can be sent to Kathryn Flynn at newdeal@cybermesa.com or P.O. Box 602, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Cost $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping. 168 pp. Book provides an “easy-read” overview of various nationwide New Deal projects, even some of the lesser known ones. Many color photographs and graphics, good reference lists and information. Book Size--9 1/4” x 10 1/4”
	Posters for the People Book includes nearly 500 of the best and most striking posters from the New Deal’s Federal Art Project. Roughly 125 of them have never been catalogued before by the federal government and will be new additions to the WPA LIVING ARCHIVE, a virtual archive that is to be launched in October. Order the book by sending $50 to Design for Social Impact, 525 S. 4th St, Studio 588, Philadelphia, PA 19147. For more info, email ennis@dfsi.org.

DVDS

"Celebrating the Antiquities Act", Speech at 2005 Saving Places Conference, Denver, CO. Colorado Preservation Inc., Recorded by Backcountry Productions, Longmont, CO 80501

"FDR: A Presidency Revealed"- 2 disks Source unknown

Camp Forgotten: Michigan CCC Camps. Pare Lorentz Film Center at Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.

Sights and Sounds of the FSA. Pare Lorentz film Center At FDR Presidential Library.

New Deal for Artists. 1979 ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL WPA PROJECTS 1935-42 B/W/color; in 4 parts, 45 min. each.

Part I The Federal Theater

Part II The Federal Writers Project

Part III The Federal Arts Project

Part IV The Documentary Photography of the Farm Security Administration

Videos

"American Pageant Class" taught by Mary Palmer and Perry Lee. Clearing the Dust: The Great Depression. Bismarck, N.D.: Century High School, May 1998.

"National Geographic Society Educational Video Presentations" 1929-1941: The Great Depression. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1990.

"Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Home Video. The American Experience---Surviving the Dust Bowl." Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998.

"Teaching with Historic Places" Introductory video on the program provided by the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Services, 2002.