Fighting for the Forest: How Fdr's Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America (Reprint)

by Pearson (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
"Informative, inspiring." --Kirkus Reviews In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O'Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps--one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal projects that helped save a generation of Americans. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men was building parks and reclaiming the nation's forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps--FDR's favorite program and "miracle of inter-agency cooperation"--resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acre of land, and the planting of some three billion trees--more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States. Fighting for the Forest tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corp through a close look at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (the CCC's first project) and through the personal stories and work of young men around the nation who came of age and changed their country for the better working in Roosevelt's Tree Army.
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"A well-researched, informative introduction to a topic seldom discussed in books for young people."

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"A well-researched, informative introduction to a topic seldom discussed in books for young people."— "Booklist, starred review"
Pearson
P. O'Connell Pearson has always taught history--first in the high school classroom and then as a curriculum writer and editor across grade levels. Ready to share her enthusiasm for stories of the past in a new way, she earned an MFA in writing for young people from Lesley University and now writes narrative nonfiction for ages ten and up. Her books have received recognition from Bank Street, NCSS, the New-York Historical Society, Arizona Library Association, and more. When Pearson is not writing about history, she can often be found talking about history as a volunteer with the National Park Service in Washington, DC.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534429338
Lexile Measure
1080
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
October 06, 2020
Series
-
BISAC categories
NAT038000 - Nature | Natural Resources
Library of Congress categories
History
United States
Conservation of natural resources
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Forest conservation

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