Scott Borchert Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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author, Republic of Detours (@fsgbooks '21, pb @PicadorUSA '22), winner New Deal Book Award & NYTimes Book Review Editors' Choice
The Disinherited: A Novel of the 1930s by Jack Conroy
Jack ConroyScott Borchert100 yrs ago, 400k workers launched the Great Railroad Strike of 1922. After their defeat, one of them, Jack Conroy, took a literary path: as author of the proletarian novel The Disinherited, editor of radical midwest magazines, & Federal Writers' Project worker in both MO & IL https://t.co/OQMnIB0kt9
Paperback, 1991
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America
Scott BorchertScott BorchertThrilled and honored that Republic of Detours has won the first-ever New Deal Book Award from the @LivingNewDeal. See you at the FDR museum & library in June! @FDRLibrary @fsgbooks @PicadorUSA https://livingnewdeal.org/republic-of-detours-wins-new-deal-book-award/
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State
Federal Writers' ProjectScott Borchertfrom the Federal Writers’ Project, Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State (1937). more at https://t.co/GcCkIvzOR2. #RhodeIsland https://t.co/a4ZUvdhxpO
Paperback, 2012
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Disinherited: A Novel of the 1930s
Jack ConroyScott Borchert100 yrs ago, 400k workers launched the Great Railroad Strike of 1922. After their defeat, one of them, Jack Conroy, took a literary path: as author of the proletarian novel The Disinherited, editor of radical midwest magazines, & Federal Writers' Project worker in both MO & IL https://t.co/OQMnIB0kt9
Other Merchandise, 1991
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Deep End: The Literary Scene in the Great Depression and Today
Jason BoogScott Borchertit's an honor to have Republic of Detours chosen as the inaugural read for @GetFable's FWP book club, moderated by @jasonboog (author of The Deep End). the club is free and now open for members; check it out! https://fable.co/club/federal-writers-project-club-with-jason-boog-281158658159
Paperback, 2020
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made
Derek LeebaertScott Borchertmy review of Derek Leebaert's very fine new book Unlikely Heroes about FDR and his complex relationship with the Ickes-Perkins-Hopkins-Wallace bloc https://t.co/Sb1hIz1mHG via @WSJBooks
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
North Dakota - A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
VariousScott Borchertfrom the Federal Writers’ Project, North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State (1938). more at https://t.co/GcCkIvzh1u. #NorthDakota https://t.co/DKjZl3jLgP
Hardcover, 2008
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren
Colin AsherScott Borchertalso very grateful to see Republic of Detours included on this list by Colin Asher, author of the excellent bio of Nelson Algren, Never a Lovely So Real! https://t.co/zoEXMZIo6C
Paperback, 2020
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wyoming: A Guide To Its History, Highways and People
Federal Writers' Project (Fwp)Scott Borchertfrom the Federal Writers' Project, Wyoming: A Guide to its History, Highways, and People (1941). more at https://t.co/zDzP2rC9ZS. #Wyoming https://t.co/u9KL9iy5yy
Hardcover, 1939
$95.00$70.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
New York Panorama: A Comprehensive View of the Metropolis
Federal Writers' ProjectScott Borchertfrom the Federal Writers' Project, New York Panorama (1938). more at https://t.co/GcCkIvzh1u. #NewYorkCity https://t.co/s8r59YkhzR
Paperback, 2012
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book