Summer of the Tree Army: A Civilian Conservation Corps Story, Hardcover - Gloria Whelan

Reducere. When young Charlie Brightelot first spies the mysterious barracks in the woods near his home, he's not sure what to think. His father explains that...

In 1933, the United States was struggling to survive the Great Depression. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal to put the nation back t...

Reducere. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of his efforts to pull the country out of...

Reducere. DescriptionEmployment prospects for many were bleak at the height of the Great Depression. For unmarried recent high school graduates, the prospect...

The impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on New Mexico is often forgotten, mainly because the subsequent cataclysm of World War II erase...

Reducere. Set in the late 1950s, this is the moving story of a young boy whose father operates a ferryboat between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. As ...

Reducere. In 1933, the United States was struggling to survive the Great Depression. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" to put the nation back...

Reducere. The Civilian Conservation Corps was established on March 31, 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of his efforts to pull the country out of...

Reducere. When the federal government transferred 1700 acres around Deception Pass to Washington State Parks in 1922, Deception Pass State Park was barely an...

Reducere. The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers....

Reducere. The impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on New Mexico is often forgotten, mainly because the subsequent cataclysm of World War II erase...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts written by CCC workers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes...

Reducere. Award NameCybilsAward categoryFiction Picture BookDescriptionElla May lives on a plantation but she doesn't live in the great house. She is a slave...

DescriptionAn Incipient Mutiny traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air S...

Reducere. NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price This illustrated book highlights the U.S. Army...

New edition of a unit history originally published in 1945 in Germany, compiled from the official history of the VII Corps, summarizing the events ...

Reducere. #1 BEST SELLER and #1 NEW RELEASEThey said women couldn't keep up.They said women weren't strong enough to do the military's toughest jobs.In 1995,...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): Richard B IrwinNumber of pages: 420Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 217 x 139 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. "If you are among evil people, you must be like the lion, gathering strength and awaiting your time."Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ev...

The manual was originally published in January 1987, following several years of development and testing of draft versions. Since that time, the use...

The memoirs of Major Margaret Thomas, a military nurse who worked in the UK, Ghana, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s and 1960s.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

They built thousands of Spitfires, hidden in garages, bus depots, shed and barns... but nobody ever knew

Reducere. DescriptionDrawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War IWhile their story is almost a...

German Ground Forces of World War II offers the first comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops throughout the Second World War, from ...

Reducere. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award A Northern classic and beloved favorite, Two in the Far North chronicles the incredible story of Margaret...

In his November 19, 2005 presidential address, President George W. Bush summarized U.S. military policy as, "Our situation can be summed up this wa...

Reducere. The Classic World War II Army Cookbook for Large Groups, with over 1, 000 Recipes!Try your hand at some authentic army recipes from World War II fo...

Reducere. The Classic World War II Army Cookbook for Large Groups, with over 1, 000 Recipes!Try your hand at some authentic army recipes from World War II fo...

Now, she's returned to their home, Olivia is determined to discover her history and find out what caused the rift that tore her family apart. As Ol...

Flora Murray's book is a record of the Women's Hospital Corps in France and the Endell Street Military Hospital, London. Despite a lack of training...

Reducere. I Want To Be A Christmas Tree, The Story of A Little Tree With A Big Dream is about a young tree named James who dreams of growing up to become a C...

DescriptionWalleyes and Watermelon: The Story of Summer at the Lake is about how families in Minnesota spend their summers. The walleye is everyone...

Ernest C. Brace was a former Marine hero, banished in disgrace from the Corps. In 1965, while working as a civilian pilot in Laos, he was captured ...

Reducere. By, For, and About Marines is a nonfiction collection of notable quotes giving voice to U.S. Marines throughout its storied and illustrious history...

This book is about a frightened little yorkie who lived in horrible conditions at a puppy mill, He was rescued by a team who targeted the puppy mil...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Heather ShumakerSaving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes is a suspenseful and intimate land...

Reducere. DescriptionA Christmas tree is brought into Aiden's home with great pomp and ceremony. It lights up the darkness of winter, fills the home with a c...

Reducere. For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the cr...

DescriptionThe surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set ...

Reducere. When a viral apocalypse kills 97% percent of the people on the planet, the survivor's humanity is hanging by a thread. Fighting over the leftovers ...

Reducere. DescriptionBeautifully illustrated book of shadows complete with spells and potions that are all very accurately depicted in every detail. This boo...

A laugh-out-loud, poignant and uplifting ode to the simple pleasure and small joys in life. Perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman, Rosanna Ley and Ruth...

Reducere. With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a ``page-turner of a memoir`` (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as...

Reducere. DescriptionFrontier Cabin Story is a rare architectural biography of a long-forgotten 18th-century log farmhouse in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. J...

A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . .A rarely frank account of the U.S. infantry experience in northern Europe, A ...

One of Jack Kirby's final projects for DC Comics in the 1970s presents a dystopian future in which ordinary people are pushed to violence to reliev...

DescriptionArmy Air Force pilot Jim Muri flew his torpedo-equipped B-26 bomber on a daring mission of survival that helped win the Battle of Midway...

Ambush Valley is an unforgettable account of bravery and survival under impossible conditions during the Vietnam War.