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.
Age 10+|||Grade 4 to 6.|||juvenile
P. O'Connell Pearson.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
Fighting for the forest
Pearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell)
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