John Gunther's Inside series were among the most popular books of reportage of the 1930s and 1940s. For Inside U.S.A., Gunther set out from California and traveled the entire country. His frank, lucid observations along the way--on race relations, labor, the Tennessee Valley Authority, farm life, the politics of the big cities, and much else--yield fascinating insight into life fifty years ago.
Chapter 1. California the Golden
Chapter 2. A Bouquet of Californians
Chapter 3. More About California, Its How and Why
Chapter 4. Life and Works of Henry Kaiser
Chapter 5. Ghosts and Silver in Nevada
Chapter 6. Pacific Northwest Coming Up
Chapter 7. Two Freshmen from the Mountain Slopes
Chapter 8. Highways in the Sky
Chapter 9. Staff and Stuff of Life, Plus Timber
Chapter 10. Invitation to the West
Chapter 11. The Montana Frontier
Chapter 12. MVA Versus Behemoth River
Chapter 13. Utah and the Mormons: Profile of a Community
Chapter 14. —But Scenery Is Not Enough
Chapter 15. “Stop Roaming, Try Wyoming”
Chapter 16. The Miraculous Dakotas
Chapter 17. On the Extreme Particularity of Kansas
Chapter 18. Mind of the Middle West
Chapter 19. Stassen: Young Man Going Somewhere
Chapter 20. More About Minnesota, Plus Wisconsin
Chapter 21. Iowa, Corn and Pigs
Chapter 22. Notes for a Portrait of Missouri
Chapter 23. Chicago Tribune, Illinois, and Indiana
Chapter 24. A Talk With Vandenberg
Chapter 25. World on Wheels: Ford Dynasty and UAW
Chapter 26. Men and Politics in Ohio
Chapter 27. —And More From the Ohio Mill
Chapter 28. Inside New England I
Chapter 30. Inside New England II
Chapter 31. Natural History in Massachusetts
Chapter 32. New York: Dewey and the State
Chapter 33. New York: Sketch of Megalopolis, with a Word on Wall Street
Chapter 34. The Not-So-Little Flower
Chapter 35. Hague Machine and New Jersey
Chapter 36. The Great State of Pennsylvania
Chapter 37. Pennsylvania: Steel and Pittsburgh
Chapter 39. Romance and Reality in Kentucky
Chapter 40. The South: Problem Child of the Nation
Chapter 41. Negro in the Woodpile
Chapter 42. The Southeastern Marches
Chapter 44. More About Tennessee, Plus Arkansas
Chapter 45. Arnall, Talmadge, and the State of Georgia
Chapter 46. Cotton, No Longer King, and the Former Realm of Huey Long
Chapter 47. The Giant World of Texas
Chapter 48. Who and Why in Texas Politics
Chapter 49. University, God, and Beef
Chapter 50. Oklahoma and the Indians
Chapter 51. Last Stop: The New States of the Southwest