Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The First Year of the CCC in Pennsylvania

2. Enrolling Pennsylvania Men for the CCC

3. The CCC in Penn’s Woods

4. African-Americans in Penn’s Woods

5. Farewell to the Woods

Appendix 1: CCC Camps in Pennsylvania, 1933–1942

Appendix 2: CCC Work Projects in Pennsylvania

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Joseph M. Speakman is Professor of History at Montgomery County Community College near Philadelphia. The inspiration for the book came from conversations Speakman had with his father, who served in Pennsylvania's CCC in 1933–34.

Reviews

“An excellent study of state history with national themes.”—P. D. Travis Choice