The CCC Chronicles: Camp Newspapers of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942

by Alfred E. Cornebise

Book Overview

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt founded the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, newspapers relating to the organization were launched almost immediately. Happy Days, the semi-official newspaper of the CCC, and other such publications served as soundings boards for opinions among the CCC enrollees, encouraged and instructed the men as they assumed their new roles, and generally supported the aims of Roosevelt's New Deal program. Happy Days...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786418311
• ISBN13: 9780786418312
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher