{"product_id":"texas-state-parks-and-the-ccc-the-legacy-of-the-civilian-conservation-corps-texas-am-travel-guides-9781603448192","title":"Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (Texas A\u0026M Travel Guides)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle to Lake Corpus Christi on the coast  from Balmorhea in far West Texas to Caddo Lake near the Louisiana border  the state parks of Texas are home not only to breathtaking natural beauty  but also to historic buildings and other structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s.  In Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps  Cynthia Brandimarte has mined the organizations archives  as well as those of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation  to compile a rich visual record of how this New Deal program left an indelible stamp on many of the parks we still enjoy today.  Some fifty thousand men were enrolled in the CCC in Texas. Between 1933 and 1942  they constructed trails  cabins  concession buildings  bathhouses  dance pavilions  a hotel  and a motor court. Before they arrived  the states parklands consisted of fourteen parks on about 800 acres  but by the end of World War II  CCC workers had helped create a system of forty-eight parks on almost 60 000 acres throughout Texas. Accompanied by many never-published images that reveal all aspects of the CCC in Texas  from architectural plans to camp life  Texas State Parks and the CCC covers the formation and development of the CCC and its design philosophy; the building of the parks and the daily experiences of the workers; the completion and management of the parks in the first decades after the war; and the ongoing process of maintaining and preserving the iconic structures that define the rustic  handcrafted look of the CCC.  With a call for greater appreciation of these historical resources  especially in light of the recent Bastrop fire  which threatened one of the states most popular CCC-era destinations  Brandimarte profiles twenty-nine parks  providing a descriptive history of each and information on its CCC company  the dates of CCC activity  and the CCC-built structures still existing within the park.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650513494069,"sku":"ByrdShop_1603448195","price":103.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781603448192.jpg?v=1781798481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/texas-state-parks-and-the-ccc-the-legacy-of-the-civilian-conservation-corps-texas-am-travel-guides-9781603448192","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}