Fighting for the forest : how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
Title:
Fighting for the forest : how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
Author:
Pearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell), author.
ISBN:
9781534429321
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Waiting for hope -- Taking action -- Looking back -- A miracle of cooperation -- Into the woods -- What will they do, Mr. President? -- Winning support -- More than work -- Across the country -- Moving on -- Lasting legacies.
Abstract:
Presents the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a program that employed impoverished young men during the Great Depression to build and improve hundreds of state and national parks, plant trees, and restore agricultural land.
Reading Level:
Age 10+
Grade 4 to 6.
