Hard Work and a Good Deal by Barbara W Sommer

Hard Work and a Good Deal by Barbara W Sommer

The Civilian Conservation Corps--born out of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal at the height of the Great Depression--supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans in need. Their work left a lasting legacy, visible today in Minnesota's thriving forests, state park amenities, and soil conservation practices.

Hundreds of interviews complement oral historian Barbara Sommer's lively text with personal accounts that animate the history of the C in Minnesota as camps were created and projects tackled throughout the state. The boys look back - often fondly - at this program, which, for many, was their introduction to the workforce and to life away from home.

Accolades for Hard Work and a Good Deal:

Winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Award in the Minnesota Category

Winner of the 2009 Northeast Minnesota Book Award in the General Nonfiction Category

Winner of the 2009 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (ASLH)

Barbara W. Sommer has worked in oral history and public history for nearly 30 years. She is the author of Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota, and is a co-author of The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard. She has taught oral history extensively in college classrooms in Nebraska and Minnesota and in community workshops around the United States and in Canada and is a founder of the Oral History Association of Minnesota. Mary Kay Quinlan is associate professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and editor of the Oral History Association Newsletter. She is a co-author of The American Indian Oral History Manual and of The People Who Made It Work: A Centennial Oral History of the Cushman Motor Works. She has taught oral history at the college level and in community workshops and, with Sommer, has presented at oral history conferences in the United States and Canada. They are co-founders of the Nebraska Foundation for the Preservation of Oral History.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780873516129
ISBN 10	0873516125
Title	Hard Work and a Good Deal
Author	Barbara W Sommer
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
Year published	2008-02-01
Number of pages	216
Prizes	Winner of Minnesota Book Award (Minnesota Subject) 2009, Winner of Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (Nonfiction) 2008
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable