Depression and the New Deal in South Carolina -- Emergency conservation work and the Civilian Conservation Corps: an administrative overview of the Civilian Conservation Corps -- "A good set of boys here and I like it fine": life in the South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps -- Building opportunity: tourism, forestry, and state parks in South Carolina -- Conservation and commemoration: South Carolina's recreational demonstration areas, Cheraw, Colleton, and Kings Mountain -- Forestry work and state park development: the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the Civilian Conservation Corps -- South Carolina's "breathing spaces": opening and operating the state parks during the New Deal decade -- Learning from the parks: resources and interpretation in South Carolina
Summary
A history of the New Deal program that led to the creation of South Carolina's first sixteen state parks
