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Vintage national parks novelHivert-Carthew, Annick.
Summary: In 1933, President Roosevelt offered a bold new plan to save a generation of men and preserve natural resources. Over 102,000 men answered his call. Here are their stories. Proud to Work describes the work and the lives of the young men who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, where they fought forest fires, built bridges, created roads, and sent most of their earnings back to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Adventure Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.7516 HIV1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 333.7516 HIV
Summary: Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIVBrinkley, Douglas
Summary: Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 BRIJamerson, William.
Summary: At seventeen, Nick Radzinski has a choice of staying in Hamtramck to serve out probation or join the Civilian Conservation Corps. Big shoulders is the story of Nick's year in camp and his attempt to handle the challenges of living and working in a military setting. He encounters trouble from day one. Nick's daring moves create havoc and suspense in the backwoods and the future of the camp...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pine Stump Publishing 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JamersonSummary: "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forgotten Films & Video 1993
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CAMSymon, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.A. Symon 1983
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 977 SYMBizzarri, Amy
Summary: The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program that offered nearly 3 million unemployed, unmarried men the job of restoring and conserving America's public lands, forests and parks. The program also threw in three square meals a day served in the camp mess hall. Bizzarri's book features the recipes that sustained not only the CCC during the Great Depression but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Palate, a division of The History Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 BIZWhelan, Gloria
Summary: "In Depression-era northern Michigan, a young boy meets a teenager serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps, the work relief program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to employ millions of young men during the Great Depression"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WHESummary: "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forgotten Films & Video 1993
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAMBarnett, Karen
Summary: "Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more--and the woman who must confront his deception"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019