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- Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Minnesota Historical Society Press
summary
Hard Work and a Good Deal traces the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans during the Great Depression. Nearly one hundred interviews contribute to oral historian Barbara W. Sommer's lively narrative as the "boys" look back on their time in the CCC, during which many of them became men. African American enrollees tell of the segregated policies enforced in the army-run camps; workers for the CCC-Indian Division remember reservation projects that included rebuilding a fur trade-era stockade at Grand Portage. Together, these men give voice to early efforts that advanced the conservation of Minnesota's natural resources five decades in a few short years.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. viii
- p1: THE CCC TAKES SHAPE
- 1: Why We Need the CCC
- pp. 7-14
- 2: What was the CCC?
- pp. 15-28
- 3: Who Joined Minnesota’s CCC?
- pp. 29-38
- 4: A Home Away from Home
- pp. 39-54
- 5: Life in the CCC
- pp. 55-74
- p2: THE WORK OF THE CCC
- 6: Planting Trees and Fighting Fires
- pp. 83-98
- 7: Building Up Parks
- pp. 99-108
- 8: Preserving Soil, Water, and Traditions
- pp. 109-122
- 9: The CCC’s Imprint on Minnesota
- pp. 123-135
- APPENDIX I:
- pp. 136-163
- APPENDIX II
- pp. 164-165
- APPENDIX III
- pp. 166-167
- ORAL HISTORY SOURCE NOTE
- pp. 182-185
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 186-195
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- p. 205
Additional Information
ISBN
9780873517355
Related ISBN(s)
9780873516129
MARC Record
OCLC
794700982
Pages
205
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No