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As rugged as the terrain

CCC "boys," federal convicts, and World War II alien internees wrestle with a mountain wilderness

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An edition of As rugged as the terrain (2013)

As rugged as the terrain

CCC "boys," federal convicts, and World War II alien internees wrestle with a mountain wilderness

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xxxviii, 393 p. : 23 cm

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Caxton Press
Language
English
Pages
393

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Subjects

Concentration camps, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)., Prisons, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp F-38 (Kooskia, Idaho), Kooskia Internment Camp (Idaho), World War, 1939-1945, Federal Prison Camp (Kooskia, Idaho), History, Kooskia Internment Camp (Idaho) -- History, Prisons -- Idaho -- Kooskia, World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Idaho, Kooskia (Idaho) -- History

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Kooskia, Kooskia (Idaho), Idaho
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As rugged as the terrain: CCC "boys," federal convicts, and World War II alien internees wrestle with a mountain wilderness
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Table of Contents

"City slickers" meet "the forest primeval": the Civilian Conservation Corps at Canyon Creek
Politics of the road: federal prisoners arrive to build a "first priority military highway"
No job for "pantywaists": convicts begin work on the Lewis-Clark Highway
Escapades and escapes: frivolity and fleeting freedom
"A regular rough-neck": Japanese internees at the Kooskia Interment Camp, 1943-1945
Seizing a Buddhist minister: how New York's Reverend Hozen Seki became a Kooskia internee
Doctors and dentists: medical and dental care for the Kooskia Interment Camp
Italians and Germans: other internees in the vicinity
The camps at Canyon Creek: aftermath
Federal prison camp employees and interment camp employees
Known inmates at Federal Prison Camp No. 11
Interview with escapee William Lake
Interview with escapee Willard H. Swift.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-363) and index.

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Caldwell, Idaho
Series
Asian American Comparative Collection Research Report -- no. 4., Asian American Comparative Collection Research Report -- no. 4.

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Library of Congress
F752.I2 W44 2013

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Pagination
xxxviii, 393 p.
Number of pages
393

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OL30664834M
Internet Archive
asruggedasterrai0000wega
ISBN 10
0870045407
ISBN 13
9780870045400
LCCN
2012287071
OCLC/WorldCat
840461030

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