In the Shadow of the Mountain recounts the story of Edwin G. Hill, a typical recruit who spent "the most enjoyable and rewarding years" of his life in the Civilian Conservation Corpsthe "We can take it" boys. Hill was enrolled for a year at Camp Hard Labor Creek in Georgia and for two years in Washington state in the great "shadow" of Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. He recounts how recruits gained hope where there was none before, learned skills for lifelong occupations, received education, laughed and roughhoused, met and married local girls, and answered their nation's call during World War II, when nearly 3,000,000 CCC men, accustomed to barracks life and toughened by outdoor work, made a substantial contribution to America's ultimate victory.
In the Shadow of the Mountain recounts the story of Edwin G. Hill, a typical recruit who spent "the most enjoyable and rewarding years" of his life in the Civilian Conservation Corpsthe "We can take it" boys. Hill was enrolled for a year at Camp Hard Labor Creek in Georgia and for two years in Washington state in the great "shadow" of Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. He recounts how recruits gained hope where there was none before, learned skills for lifelong occupations, received education, laughed and roughhoused, met and married local girls, and answered their nation's call during World War II, when nearly 3,000,000 CCC men, accustomed to barracks life and toughened by outdoor work, made a substantial contribution to America's ultimate victory.
In the Shadow of the Mountain: The Spirit of the CCC
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780874220735 |
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Publisher: | Washington State University Press |
Publication date: | 08/07/1990 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d) |