The Soil Soldiers: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Great Depression [Hardcover]

Leslie Alexander Lacy (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Chilton Book Co; 1st edition (March 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801962250
• ISBN-13: 978-0801962257
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,338,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book on CCCs with great relevance to '90s, October 30, 1998

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Michael A. Males (Oklahoma City, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Soil Soldiers: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Great Depression (Hardcover)

Educator Lacy has written a fine account, both personal and political, of the Civilian Conservation Corps. As a crew leader for teenagers in the modern Youth Conservation Corps, I was struck by the similarity in the conditions attitudes, and humor of '30s Depression kids, how hard they worked and how creatively they complained about working hard, and what I heard from my '80s teens doing the same kind of sweat labor. A book with great relevance to the '90s, youth development, youth employment, and ending the destructive negativism against youth rampant at our highest levels. Highly recommended.