Part of the massive relief effort of Roosevelt’s New Deal, the CCC was created in 1933 to give young men an opportunity to work and make money to help families devastated by the Great Depression, and to participate in forest and conservation projects across the country.... more

The dawn of the twentieth century saw enormous changes throughout the United States, reflecting technological advances, population growth, widespread industrialization, and the establishment of a national market economy.... more

Loomis provides a clear and disturbing picture of military land-use planning and how it has affected residents in Nevada.... more

Afterword by Gary Soto. Haslam explores the rural areas and small towns of his native region—... more