{"product_id":"the-new-deals-forest-army-benjamin-f-alexander-9781421424552","title":"The New Deal's Forest Army: How the Civilian Conservation Corps Worked","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed, rejuvenated, and protected American forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePropelled by the unprecedented poverty of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established an array of massive public works programs designed to provide direct relief to America's poor and unemployed. The New Deal's most tangible legacy may be the Civilian Conservation Corps's network of parks, national forests, scenic roadways, and picnic shelters that still mark the country's landscape. CCC enrollees, most of them unmarried young men, lived in camps run by the Army and worked hard for wages (most of which they had to send home to their families) to preserve America's natural treasures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New Deal's Forest Army\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin F. Alexander chronicles how the corps came about, the process applicants went through to get in, and what jobs they actually did. He also explains how the camps and the work sites were run, how enrollees spent their leisure time, and how World War II brought the CCC to its end. Connecting the story of the CCC with the Roosevelt administration's larger initiatives, Alexander describes how FDR's policies constituted a mixed blessing for African Americans who, even while singled out for harsh treatment, benefited enough from the New Deal to become an increasingly strong part of the electorate behind the Democratic Party. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe CCC was the only large-scale employment program whose existence FDR foreshadowed in speeches during the 1932 campaign--and the dearest to his heart throughout the decade that it lasted. Alexander reveals how the work itself left a lasting imprint on the country's terrain as the enrollees planted trees, fought forest fires, landscaped public parks, restored historic battlegrounds, and constructed dams and terraces to prevent floods. A uniquely detailed exploration of life in the CCC, \u003ci\u003eThe New Deal's Forest Army\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly demonstrates how one New Deal program changed America and gave birth to both contemporary forestry and the modern environmental movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin F. Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142142455X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421424552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Benjamin F. Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072942076159,"sku":"9781421424552","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4811137e-9eb6-424a-8d1c-b05e5619a868.jpg?v=1685444856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-deals-forest-army-benjamin-f-alexander-9781421424552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}