New Release – July 2025
Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt formulated a bold plan for putting millions of unemployed Americans to work and restoring the nation’s public lands. Between 1933 and 1942, over 86,000 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Oregon’s national forests, state parks, and tribal lands. Their labor transformed the landscape and created some of the state’s most beloved recreational areas.
The scale and scope of their accomplishments are staggering. In Oregon alone, the CCC built 50,000 miles of forest roads, 20,000 miles of trails, 3,000 acres of public campgrounds, 1,500 bridges, and hundreds of fire lookouts. CCC crews risked their lives fighting epic wildfires and restoring Oregon’s damaged forests.
Today, it’s almost impossible to travel around the state without encountering reminders of their legacy, from irrigation canals to ski lodges. This is the story of how they did it.
A story of American military adventurism gone awry…
At a remote military camp in Africa, a small detachment of American soldiers and their local allies wage a high-tech manhunt to neutralize a notorious warlord and defeat his rebel army. But as the quixotic campaign unfolds, glory-seeking generals, rapacious mercenaries, and corrupt government officials are determined to turn war into a business opportunity.
As the three-book series unfolds, chaos threatens to topple the government of the longtime American ally. Amid the turmoil, the country’s aging autocrat looks to Beijing for support, raising fears in Washington as rivals race to exploit the region’s vast mineral reserves. American spies, diplomats, and soldiers race against time and each other to prop up a crooked regime in the name of superpower competition.
In the tradition of writers such as Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, and Evelyn Waugh, The Gisawi Chronicles expose the absurdities of modern warfare as it intersects with technology, politics, and big business. The result is a darkly painted satire of war, money, and corruption on the far-flung reaches of Pax Americana.
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Glenn Voelz 