Joseph M Speakman

Gebundenes Buch

At Work in Penn's Woods

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania

Beschreibung

The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of the most popular programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Over the nine years of the program, from 1933 to 1942, over two and one-half million unemployed young men found work on conservation projects across Depression-stricken America. "Roosevelt's Tree Army," as the CCC men were sometimes called, planted billions of trees, fought forest fires, did historic preservation work, and constructed recreational facilities in state and national parks.

Autor

Joseph M. Speakman is Professor of History at Montgomery County Community College near Philadelphia. The inspiration for the book came from conversations Speakman had with his father, who served in Pennsylvania's CCC in 1933-34.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penn State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 185mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780271028767
• ISBN-10: 0271028769
• Artikelnr.: 20881012