Description
We Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war front by many of their white commanding officers. Their task--which required punching through wilderness on a route blocked by the Rocky Mountains and deadly permafrost during the worst winter on record--has been likened to the building of the Panama Canal. Unlike most accounts that focus on the road's military planners, We Fought the Road is boots-on-the-ground and often personal, based in part on letters from the "Three Cent Romance," the successful courtship via mail discovered in the authors' family papers.
Author: Christine McClure, Dennis McClure
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
Published: 10/17/2017
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
ISBN13: 9781935347774
ISBN10: 1935347772
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | Canada | Post-Confederation (1867-)
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General