A typical recruit in the Civilian Conservation Corps describes "the best years of his life" at Camp Hard Labor Creek in Georgia and in the shadow of Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens in Washington.
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A typical recruit in the Civilian Conservation Corps describes "the best years of his life" at Camp Hard Labor Creek in Georgia and in the shadow of Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens in Washington.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. TRADE PAPERBACK original (no hardcover published); 1st printing of the 1st edition in fine condition (small crease to back cover). Memoir "recounts the story of...his life in the Civilian Conservation Corps....He recounts how recruits gained hope where there was none before, learned skills for lifelong occupations, received education, laughed and roughhoused, met and married local girls, and answered their nation's call during World War II, when nearly 3, 000, 000 CCC men....made a substantial contribution to America's ultimate victory." BW photos. Index. Money back guarantee if not 100% satisfied.