The Soldiers of Poverty - Book

The Soldiers of Poverty is written by Wisconsin Author Mary J. Schueller. Take a journey to the days of the Great Depression with Company D-692 of the Civilian Conservation Corps that is sent to develop Copper Falls State Park in Mellen, Wisconsin. This creative nonfiction account begins in Virden, IL and follows the factual events of the author's father, Mike Kerkes, before joining the CCC. The narrative continues with Mike's everyday camp experiences at Giant City Park in Makanda, Illinois. After a reorganization of CCC Mike is transferred to Company D-692 as a lead carpenter to help develop Copper Falls State Park where the men endured one of the coldest winters on record. A desperate cry for help from the U.S. Forest Service on Isle Royale, MI during the drought of 1936 sent Company D-692 to help contain the inferno that threatened the entire island from destruction. Conditions on the island soon forced ordinary men into circumstances in which heroes find themselves. Pub. Rustic Books, LLC.

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By:Mary J. Schueller
Non-fiction
335 pages
217 graphics
ISBN 9780977113712

Mary Schueller is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a certificate in technical writing. Around 1998, she began researching her father's service in the Civilian Conservation Corps where he served for four years as a lead carpenter and field supervisor. Schueller found that there was absolutely nothing organized in print regarding CCC Company D-692 and the two major parks they developed at Giant City Park in Makanda, Illinois and Copper Falls State Park in Mellen, Wisconsin. She realized if she didn't tell the story perhaps it would never get told and never be remembered.