His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in South Carolina; joining the CCC; assignment to Black Gap Camp in the Smokey Mountains near Waynesville, North Carolina and Company 443 at Camp Buie in South Carolina; camp move to Switzer, South Carolina; reassignment to Company 3450 at Camp Selleck in Abbeville, South Carolina; company move to Camp Steamboat in Idleyld Park, Oregon; description of camps; life in camps.