Glorious

About the Book

Three teen age boys from the slums of New York join the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Fall of 1938. Crossing the country on an army troop train they see the wondrous geography of America from the Eastern seaboard, across the plains of the Midwest and over the Rocky Mountains to the West Coast. Working in the forests of the Pacific northwest they grow both physically and emotionally. After a winter in the Oregon forests they are transferred to Glacier Park, Montana. Here they experience the excitement and danger of fighting forest fires. The boys also try their hands at riding Brahma bulls at the Babb Roundup on the Blackfeet Indian reservation. They return home a year later, taller, stronger, and more mature.

About the Author

Born in Brooklyn soon after the end of the First World War, Paul Gropman was educated in the public schools of New York. Leaving high school during the Depression to work and bring money home to the family he was rescued from that dreary prospect by his enrollment in the CCC. This was soon after followed by enlistment in the US Army, with service in the US, Philippines and Japan. He returned home and began to write. His first novel, The Magicians, was followed by A Halo for Jenny. He lives with his wife in Woodland Hills, California.