Kentucky's Civilian Conservations Corps

by Connie M. Huddleston

By the time Franklin D. Roosevelt took his first oath of office, the Great Depression had virtually gutted the nation's agricultural heartland. In Kentucky, nearly one out of every four men was unemployed and relegated to a life of poverty, and as quickly as the economy deflated, so too did morality. "The overwhelming majority of unemployed Americans, who are now walking the streets...would infinitely prefer to work," FDR stated in his 1933 appeal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297298
• ISBN13: 9781596297296
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"