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

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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

1121187793

Responsibility statement

P. O'Connell Pearson

Sub title

how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America

Summary

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

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

Classification