Bibliograph

Fighting for the forest, how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America, P. O'Connell Pearson

Type

Label

Fighting for the forest, how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America, P. O'Connell Pearson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age 10+

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grade 4 to 6

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fighting for the forest

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1083154113

Responsibility statement

P. O'Connell Pearson

Sub title

how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America

Summary

"When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men were building parks and reclaiming the nation's forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps--FDR's favorite program and "miracle of inter-agency cooperation"--resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acres of land, and the planting of some three billion trees--more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States. Fighting for the Forest tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corp through a close look at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (the CCC's first project) and through the personal stories and work of young men around the nation who came of age and changed their country for the better working in Roosevelt's Tree Army."--Page [2] of cover

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Fighting for the forest, how Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America

Classification