Interview with Harold L. Trammell, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mason, Oklahoma. Trammell discusses his early life, train hopping to Utah and back, enrollment in the CCC at Fort Sill, his assignment to Cache, Oklahoma, building trails in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, work at Arapaho National Forest in Colorado, pranks in camp, daily routine, entertainment and recreation, drinking, discipline, and life after the CCC. In appendix is a copy of Trammell's account of his time in the CCC, and the May 30th, 1935 edition of the CCC magazine "Panther Tracks."

This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.