{"product_id":"starved-rock-state-park-dennis-h-cremin-9781531613471","title":"Starved Rock State Park: The Work of the CCC Along the I\u0026m Canal","description":"Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed by the Great Depression. Starved Rock Lodge was one of the biggest projects of the \"CCC boys\" along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but it was far from the only one. Working as a team and living in camps from Willow Springs to La Salle-Peru, they built facilities that transformed the old canal into what became the I\u0026amp;M Canal State Trail (1974) and the nation's first National Heritage Corridor (1984). President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nation-wide program preserved the landscape from the ravages of soil erosion, flooding, and deforestation. In the process, the young men built beautiful parks, buildings, and shelters that we use and admire today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis H. Cremin, Dennis Gremin, Charlene Giardina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531613470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531613471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Dennis H. Cremin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985524392191,"sku":"9781531613471","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5be5c8a6-041a-4296-a0f1-8f5e80977529.jpg?v=1683278035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starved-rock-state-park-dennis-h-cremin-9781531613471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}