Hard Work and a Good Deal
Barbara W. Sommer
Broschiertes Buch

Hard Work and a Good Deal

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

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CCC veterans tell compelling stories of their experiences planting trees, fighting fires, building state parks, and reclaiming pastureland in this collective history of the CCC in Minnesota. The Civilian Conservation Corps?born out of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal at the height of the Great Depression?supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans in need. Their work left a lasting legacy, visible today in Minnesota's thriving forests, state park amenities, and soil conservation practices. Hundreds of interviews complement oral historian Barbara Sommer's lively text with personal accounts th...